Biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and gamma ray spectrometry of the Tournaisian-Visean boundary interval in the Dublin Basin

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Authors

KALVODA Jiří BÁBEK Ondřej DEVUYST Francois Xavier SEVASTOPULO George

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Bulletin of Geosciences
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Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1265
Field Geology and mineralogy
Keywords Tournaisian; Viséan; biostratigraphy; sequence stratigraphy; gamma-ray spectrometry
Description A study of three carbonate and carbonate-siliciclastic sections at the Tournaisian-Visean (Tn-V) boundary in the Dublin Basin (Ireland), has been carried out using high resolution foraminiferal biostratigraphy and gamma-ray spectrometry. The aim was to identify the Tn-V boundary and trace correlatable log patterns in different environmental settings of the Dublin Basin. The foraminiferal fauna in the heterozoan and mixed heterozoan-photozoan (foramderm and bryonoderm extended) late Tournaisian shallow ramp facies and its calciturbidite products is taxonomically impoverished and resembles the similar impoverished foraminiferal associations of western Canada interpreted as reflecting upwelling zones. The increase of photozoan bioclasts which occurs in the latest Tournaisian is accompanied by the entry of important foraminiferal guides of the Tn-V boundary interval. The combination of biostratigraphic and spectral gamma-ray data proved to be a useful tool for the identification of the sequence boundary just below the Tn-V boundary across the different environmental settings of the Dublin Basin. The recognized sea-level fall is correlatable across the London Brabant Massif from western Ireland through to England, South Wales and Belgium.
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