Foraminiferal stratigraphy of Quaternary deposits in the Roar, Skjold and Dan fields, central North Sea |
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| Authors: | KAREN LUISE KNUDSEN |
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| Institution: | Department of Micropaleontology, Institute of Geology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Foraminifera from four boreholes through Quaternary deposits at Roar, Skjold and Dan in the central North Sea have been examined. Shallow marine Eemian deposits were represented over the whole area, and at Roar marine deposits from an older glacial period were found below the Eemian. A glaciolacustrinc sequence occurred above the Eemian in all the boreholes, and at Roar this unit was succeeded by marine sediments containing arctic to boreo-arctic foraminiferal faunas. Both the non-marine and overlying marine units are referred to the Weichselian. Marine Flandrian deposits occur in the upper part of the borings and the faunal succession through this sequence is described. |
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