Northwest European Micropalaeontology and Palynology - British Micropalaeontological Society S.

Various aspects of micropalaeontology, using the North Sea and the surrounding land masses as an area of application, are dealt with in this book. There is a palynological bias, with most chapters containing discussion on this subject; however, four are additionally concerned with acid (HCL and HF) soluble micro-fossils (foraminifers, ostracods, radiolarians, etc), with two further chapters devoted to this topic. Most of the chapters stress the Mesozoic and discuss palaeoenvironments; all are relevant to current petroleum exploration activities in the Northwest European region and have value as a basis for comparison with studies on sediments of similar ages and environments of deposition in many other parts of the world. The volume will be of benefit to geologists, palaeontologists, micropalaeontologists, palynologists and stratigraphers in the oil industry, geological surveys and academia.