Fundamentals of Mid-Tertiary Stratigraphical Correlation

This 1962 book is a concise study of one of the most important and complex parts of the geological succession, the middle part of the Tertiary Era, in which sediments of great economic importance (especially for the petroleum and related industries) were deposited. The authors have examined the relevant stratigraphy of New Zealand, Australasia, Oceania, Indonesia, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Middle East, East Africa, North Africa and the Mediterranean, the classical successions of Europe and the detailed successions of the Central American region, incorporating the expert opinion of other geologists and including much previously unpublished work by themselves and their colleagues; in particular, Dr L. R. Cox has contributed a section on the Oligocene and Aquitanian marine molluscan faunas of parts of Europe. Much of the information is presented graphically and a comprehensive description of the true Oligocene plantonic stratigraphical index foraminifera is given.

Part I. Review and Revision F. E. Eames, F. T. Banner, W. H. Blow and W. J. Clarke: 1. Introduction; 2. Acknowledgments; 3. Type regions for stages of the Tertiary; 4. Assessment of fossil faunas for dating and correlation; 5. Dating of beds within the limits Oligocene and Aquitanian in the Old World; 6. Correlation of Oligocene and Lower Miocene stages of Europe and the Mediterranean region with successions in the Middle East, East Africa, and the Indo-Pacific region; 7. Consequent commentary on and minor amendments to the age of some Tethyan beds and remarks on Lepidocyclina; 8. The dating or marine so-called 'Oligocene' beds in the Central American region; 9. General conclusions; Appendices; Selected references; Plates; Part II. The Mid-Tertiary (Upper Eocene to Aquitanian) Globigerinaceae W. H. Blow and F. T. Banner: 10. Introduction; 11. Acknowledgments; 12. The Tanganyikan Middle Tertiary (Upper Eocene to Lower Miocene); 13. Comparison of the Globigerinaceae of the Oligocence and Aquitanian in the Tethyan, European and Caribbean regions; 14. The stratigraphical position of the 'San Fernando formation', Southern Trinidad; 15. Systematic palaeontology; 16. The evolution of some Upper Eocene to Lower Miocene Globigerinaceae; References; Plates; Indices.

This 1962 book is a concise study of the middle part of the Tertiary Era, in which sediments of great economic importance (especially for the petroleum and related industries) were deposited. The information is presented graphically and a comprehensive description of the true Oligocene plantonic stratigraphical index foraminifera is given.