Journal article
A Late Ordovician age for the Whirlpool and Power Glen formations, New York
Canadian journal of earth sciences, Vol.53(7), pp.739-747
07/2016
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2015-0226
Abstract
A restudy of the palynology of the Whirlpool Formation and Power Glen Formation in New York (USA) yielded a diverse fossil assemblage with cryptospores, glomalean fungi, acritarchs, chitinozoans, scolecodonts, and small carbonaceous fossils. These new data, and particularly the presence of the chitinozoan index fossil Hercochitina crickmayi, combined with emerging stable carbon isotope data, suggest a Late Ordovician (Katian or Hirnantian) age for these formations, which is older than their previously suggested Silurian (Rhuddanian) age.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Late Ordovician age for the Whirlpool and Power Glen formations, New York
- Creators
- Laurenz Schröer - Department of Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumThijs R.A Vandenbroucke - Department of Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumOlle Hints - Institute of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaThomas Steeman - Department of Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumJacques Verniers - Department of Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumCarlton E Brett - Geology Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0013, USABradley D Cramer - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAPatrick I McLaughlin - Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, USA
- Contributors
- Mike Melchin (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal of earth sciences, Vol.53(7), pp.739-747
- DOI
- 10.1139/cjes-2015-0226
- ISSN
- 0008-4077
- eISSN
- 1480-3313
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2016
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983983654502771
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