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I am a hydrogeologist with the North Carolina Division of Water Resources. While performing field reconnaisance for geophysical work, a colleague and I discovered an outcrop along the banks of Albemarle Sound at an approximate location of latitude 35 degrees 55 minutes, and longitude 76 degrees, 5 minutes. This is an area characterized by unconsolidated Quaternary marine terrace and peat deposits, and we were very suprised to find consolidated rock at this location.
The rock is a fine grained sandstone to muddy siltstone, is medium gray in color, and has abundant soft sediment deformation features. It also contains partially carbonized plant material ranging from 2mm to 5cm in diameter. There are no fossil invertebrates of any kind. The depositional setting is clearly terrestrial, and my guess is that these are levee/overbank deposits. Stratigraphic relationships in this area are somewhat uncertain, mainly because of the lack of outcrop or well data in the area. Possible stratigraphic affinities range from the Croatan Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) to early Holocene (?).
Because most deposits in the area are unconsolidated and could only be sampled by drilling, it seems this outcrop may be of interest to palynologists, esp. those concerned with paleoclimatology or late Cenozoic stratigraphy. Please feel free to post this on the AASP bulletin board or forward to anyone who may be interested in pursuing the issue.
Stuart Strum
N.C. Division of Water Resources
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611 USA
(919)715-3046
stuart_strum@mail.ehnr.state.nc.us
(Posted: Sept 21, 1998.)
Owen K. Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, palynolo@geo.arizona.edu
During the period 1957 to 1985, forty-four volumes of the Catalog of Fossil Spores and Pollen plus four index volumes and two translation volumes were published. The Catalog provides, in concise and standard format, illustrations, descriptions, and other information for all taxa of fossil palynomorphs, except those covered by other catalogs or those of purely animal origin. A sizable portion of the literature is represented by these 44 volumes. The Catalog is a compendium of systematic information intended primarily for nomenclatural-taxonomic use. Nevertheless, it is useful in obtaining a general view of the fossil spores and pollen characteristic of various parts of the stratigraphic column. The Catalog is a condensed library of palynological systematics, making it especially useful to palynologists where library facilities are limited.
There are no plans at this time to publish further volumes of the Catalog.
Now, for a limited period and while supplies last, the Catalog is on sale for a fraction of its original price. Until recently, the cost to institutions for a complete set of the Catalog (as described below) was $2,760.00. The price during this limited time offer is $685.00. The sets consist of printed Volumes 3-4 and 28-44 and the Indexes for Volumes 21-40 in a looseleaf format bound in sturdy plastic binders; the remaining volumes plus two indexes and two translation volumes are out-of-print but are included in the sets as photocopies in spiral binders with soft covers. Individual printed volumes are available at the special price of $25.00 each, reduced from the recent institutional price of $85.00. There is an additional charge for packing and shipping, estimated to be about $90.00 for shipment within the U.S.
A second format, printed on card stock for filing, is also available for 35 of the volumes. For information on this format, please contact the address below.
Orders or further information in the form of a 27-page brochure can be obtained from:
Coal & Organic Petrology Laboratories, 105 Academic Projects, Penn State University, University Park PA 16802. Tel: 814-865-6544; Fax: 814-865-3573.
Contact: Bob Clarke, Mobil E&P Tech. Center, Room 7B23, P.O. Box 650232, Dallas, TX75265-0232. TEL: 214-951-2971; FAX: 214-951-4415. E-Mail: robert_t_clarke@email.mobil.com (Re-posted: May 23, 1999)
Terry Hutter
9432 SW US Hwy 54
Augusta, Kansas 67010
USA
Email: tjhutter@ionet.net
(Posted: Sept 21, 1999.)