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Stromatolites from the Middle Old Red Sandstone of Western Orkney

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

N. G. T. Fannin
N. G. T. Fannin
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Department of Geology, University of Reading.
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Summary

The structures are comparable with stromatolites seen in modern “flats” environments and tufa occurring in joints in the granite—gneiss basement is compared with modern and fossil forms. Finely laminated (? varved) carbonates with a large lateral persistency (1: 50,000) are referred to periods of high water level and are believed to show evidence of seasonal algal bloom. The presence of widespread stromatolite structures is consistent with earlier environmental interpretations of the Orkney rocks.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , 25 February 1969 , pp. 77 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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