Ralph P. Allen
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B. Sc. Honours Thesis
PALYNOLOGY OF THE NASKAPI SHALE IN THE CRETACEOUS OF THE SCOTIAN SHELF
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An Internal Report for the Geological Survey of Canada
Report No. EPGS-PAL. 17-77RA
The Early Cretaceous Naskapi Shale of the Scotian Shelf wells, Shell Abenaki L-57; Cree E-35; Crow F-52; Erie D-26; MicMac J-77; and Onondaga E-84 contain abundant marine (dinocysts) and non-marine (spores and pollen) palynomorphs. A total of 45 samples of well cuttings from these six wells were examined and the quantitative data tabulated. Age diagnostic assemblages in the Naskapi Shale of Cree E-35 (the type section) permitted biostratigraphic correlation with the other five·wells, and also with the standard European stratotypes of the Barremian and Aptian stages. Palynology indicates that the boundary between the Naskapi Shale and the overlying Logan Canyon occurs within the Aptian, but is diachronous.
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Pages: 88
Supervisors: H. Basil Cooke / David Piper / Graham Williams