Palynological Techniques for Sediments

Staplin, Frank L.; Jansonius, Jan; Oliphant, E. M.; Pocock, Stanley A. J.

doi:10.2307/1484244

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“…To prepare palynomorphs for microscopical study from a sample, the material is traditionally initially treated separately with concentrated HCl and HF. Important publications describing the traditional palynological preparatory procedure include Norem (1953Norem ( , 1956, Sittler (1955), Staplin et al (1960), Wilson & Goodman (1963), Hughes et al (1964), Lennie (1968), Higgins & Spinner (1969), Wilson (1971a), Barss & Williams (1973), Sarjeant (1974, Appendix A), Faegri & Iversen (1975), Doher (1980), Batten & Morrison (1983), Herngreen (1983), Evitt (1984), Phipps & Playford (1984), Johnson & Fredlund (1985), Farley (1988), Traverse (1988), Litwin & Traverse (1989), Aldridge (1990), Poulsen et al (1990), Moore et al (1991) and Batten (1999). Two of the most recent and comprehensive accounts of this topic were given by Wood et al (1996) and Green (2001, chapters 25 and 26).…”

Section: A Review Of the Traditional Methods Of Laboratory Preparatiomentioning

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A review of the laboratory preparation of palynomorphs with a description of an effective non-acid technique

Riding¹

2004

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The preparation of palynomorphs for microscopy has traditionally used hydrochloric acid (HCl), hydrofluoric acid (HF) and nitric acid (HNO 3). The use of these acids is both expensive and hazardous. An effective technique of preparation using sodium hexametaphosphate [(NaPO 3) 6 ] has been developed. The cleaned, crushed and softened sample is treated with (NaPO 3) 6. The deflocculated clay is then sieved away and the residue centrifuged. This method has been successfully tested on seven Jurassic to Quaternary sample sets from the United Kingdom (UK) and Antarctica. In five of these sets, the rock/sediment was prepared using the mineral acid technique and the (NaPO 3) 6 procedure. Four of these five sample suites were prepared by both methods quantitatively, so that the concentrations of palynomorphs can be compared. The (NaPO 3) 6 method largely proved to be equally as effective as the mineral acid procedure. The Lower Toarcian Whitby Mudstone Formation of Leicestershire and the Middle and Upper Albian Gault Formation of Kent both produced similar palynomorph/kerogen associations. Some differences between the two procedures were, however, noted. The (NaPO 3) 6 method produced significantly better results than acid preparations for the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Antarctica and the Pleistocene Till of northern England. By contrast, the majority of the samples from the in situ late Campanian-early Maastrichtian White Chalk Subgroup of north Norfolk prepared using HCl, were significantly richer in palynomorphs than those treated with (NaPO 3) 6.

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A review of the laboratory preparation of palynomorphs with a description of an effective non-acid technique

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2004

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“…The arenaceous and argillaceous rock samples were macerated for collecting palynological remains. The maceration was carried out with the standard palaeopalynological techniques of Funkhouser and Evitt (1959) and Staplin et al (1960). Microforaminiferal linings, dinoflagellate cysts, spores and pollen grains were studied under an upright microscope (Nikon Eclipse, E200).…”

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Tectonically driven late Paleocene (57.9–54.7Ma) transgression and climatically forced latest middle Eocene (41.3–38.0Ma) regression on the Indian subcontinent

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Andotra

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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

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“…This method is at least as effective as other methods of heavy liquid flotation (Funkhouser and Evitt, 1959;Staplin et al, 1960), is simpler, and uses less zinc bromide solution.…”

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“…Gr. 2'0) is added (Staplin et al, 1960). The mixture is stirred thoroughly, and if flocculation occurs this is overcome by brief ultrasonic irradiation.…”

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