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Namurian

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Namurian [nə′myu̇r·ē·ən]
(geology)
A European stage of geologic time; divided into a lower stage (Lower Carboniferous or Upper Mississippian) and an upper stage (Upper Carboniferous or Lower Pennsylvanian).


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The cliffs consist mainly of beds of Namurian shale and sandstone.
However, Cross and Taggart (2004) assigned a tentative age of Namurian to the Michigan Formation based on a study of fossil plant fragments and associated spores from the MNSC mine.
A palynostratigraphic study of Namurian -- Westphalian deltaic sequences of the southern central Pennine Basin, Derbyshire, England.
 
 
 
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