PALYNOLOGY OF LATE TERTIARY SEDIMENTS FROM QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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Abstract
Spores, pollen grains, and other microfossils are described from the Skonun Formation of Queen Charlotte Islands, situated off the western coast of British Columbia. The microfossil assemblage, apparently late Miocene to early Pliocene in age, is analyzed and compared with both other fossil floras and the extant flora. Results indicate the presence of distinctive genera and species, some of whose living equivalents are found only in Asia, Central and South America, or Eastern North America. The phytogeographic and paleoecologic implications of the microfossils are discussed, and reconstructions are attempted for both the climate and the physiography during the time of deposition.