The Llandeilo (Ordovician) series in the core of the Tywi Anticline,Llanwrtyd, Powys,UK

The Llandeilo and Caradoc volcanic rocks that form an inlier near Llanwrtyd, south-west of Builth, Powys, consist of acidic tuffs and basaltic rocks. They are interbedded with marine mudstones deposited in conditions of low oxygenation, and turbidites, slumps and debris flows. The cored Gilfach Farm No. 1 Borehole shows that this igneous activity is of Llandeilo age, extending from the teretiusculus Biozone to the gracilis Biozone. Evidence from exposures suggests that this igneous activity ceased at about the end of gracilis Biozone times (early Caradoc) and was probably extrusive; but evidence from the core, especially the presence of peperites towards its base, also indicates intrusion into wet sediments. Evidence is given for an early Caradoc basin-wide sedimentary event.     

The ordovician (caradoc) volcanic rocks of montgomery,Powys, N. Wales

The Ordovician (Caradoc, Soudleyan) rocks of Montgomery, Powys are shales interbedded with locally conglomeratic volcaniclastic sediments composed of andesitic detritus. New formal lithostratigraphic units are proposed: Montgomery Volcanic Group comprising in ascending order: Castle Hill Shale Formation, Castle Hill Conglomerate Formation and Quarry Sandstone and Shale Formation. The volcaniclastic strata are reinterpreted as deposits of a submarine volcaniclastic fan system sourced by contemporaneous andesitic island volcanism. The observed diagenetic sequence is typical of marine volcanic sandstones and was dominated by hydration reactions related to the degradation of abundant unstable volcanic detritus. Diagenesis has resulted in the virtual destruction of original porosity in the volcaniclastic rocks.     

The Moel-y-Golfa Andesite: An Ordovician (Caradoc) intrusion into unconsolidated conglomeratic sediments,Breidden Hills Inlier,Welsh borderland

The Moel-y-Golfa Andesite is a discordant intrusive body of porphyritic pyroxene andesite, 1 km across and at least 200 m thick. Textural variation defines a central facies and a marginal facies, the latter displaying well-formed lobes, tubes, and pillows. The vertically stacked lobes, brecciated tubes, and elongate pillows of andesite intrude and locally enclose enclaves of altered host sediment and are cut by steeply dipping slide scars. The host sediments are locally strongly silicified and cut by numerous, anastomosed vertical and subvertical fissures. Fissures are filled by disrupted host sediment and fragments of brecciated andesite. The formation and filling of each fissure system was probably concomitant with the brecciation of an intrusive magma lobe. The complex relationship of igneous and sedimentary material indicates that the Moel-y-Golfa Andesite was emplaced into the host sediments whilst they were unconsolidated or only partly lithified.     

Graptolite dating of Ordovician vulcanicity in the Arenig area,North Wales

Graptolite assemblages of multidens Biozone age have been recovered from mudstones immediately above and below the Llyn Conwy Formation, the local representative of the regionally extensive acid tuffs that mark the end of vulcanicity in the south and east of the Harlech Dome. They include several taxa new to Wales and are markedly different to contemporaneous faunas from the Welsh Borders. One new species, Pseudoclimacograptus isknos, is described.     

上扬子区西北缘米仓山地区卡拉道克中期的三叶虫相

通过对上扬子区西北缘米仓山地区 9个剖面的详细采集 ,在宝塔灰岩 (组 )的 Xenocyclopyge jaskovitchi- Sagavia chuanxiensis三叶虫间隔带 (Caradoc中期 )获得了十分丰富的三叶虫。依据动物群的组成、属的分异度和各个属的相对丰度 ,识别出 4个与深度相关的三叶虫相 :Ovalocephalus- Dislobosaspis相和 Panderia相 ,仅含少量的cyclopygid较浅层浮游的 Microparia(Microparia) cf.speciosa,代表了浅外陆棚的环境 ;Amphytrion- Ovalocephalus相和 Cyclopyge- Cyamella相则出现了较多的在较深水域浮游的 cyclopygid分子 ,属的分异度大大增高 ,代表了深外陆棚的环境     

Gisbornian (Caradoc) graptolites from New South Wales,Australia: systematics,biostratigraphy and evolution

The biodiversity record of graptolites from the Cheeseman's Creek Formation, considered herein as late Gisbornian (Caradoc) in age, has been substantially increased to fifteen taxa, including the new species Dicellograptus praemorrisi sp. nov. and Climacograptus vandenbergi sp. nov. Some of the records have global correlative significance enabling us to identify the wilsoni Biozone ( = calcaratus Biozone of eastern Australia). Several evolutionary lineages have been recognized:

• 1 Dicellograptus moffatensis (Carruthers, 1858) → D. praemorrisi sp. nov → D. morrisi Hopkinson, 1871
• 2 Glossograptus hincksi Hopkinson, 1872 → Glossograptus? sp.
• 3 Climacograptus bicornis (J. Hall, 1847) → C. vandenbergi sp. nov. → C. lanceolatus VandenBerg, 1990.

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