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XVI.–The Tertiary Pollen-Flora of Mull and Ardnamurchan*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2017

J. B. Simpson
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Synopsis

A detailed description is given of the fossil pollen floras of two lignite seams associated with the Tertiary igneous rocks of Western Scotland. One of the seams occurs at the base of the lava succession at Ardslignish, Ardnamurchan; the other is exposed at two localities, Shiaba and Bremanoir, within the lava succession on the island of Mull.

Seventy-one species belonging to forty-four genera are described. All the species and two of the genera are new. Comparisons are made with modern pollen grains and some close resemblances are noted between the fossil species and species now living in various distant parts of the world, in particular Eastern Asia, Australasia and North America.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 64 , Issue 16: 1960-1961 The Tertiary Pollen-Flora of Mull and Ardnamurchan , 1961 , pp. 421 - 468
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1961

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Footnotes

†

This paper was in preparation by the author over a period of 24 years and, at the time of his death on June 28, 1960, he was about to prepare a “Discussion” section. The typescript was prepared for press by Dr I. M. Simpson, Department of Geology, University of Manchester, who contributed the “Comparison” on pp. 463–464.

*

This paper was assisted in publication by a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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