Pollen from deeply buried coal measures, Taranaki, New Zealand—No. 1

Abstract

Abstract Five well samples from depths ranging from 10,700 to 13,040 ft were examined for pollen and spore content. The material graded from dull black coal or coaly mudstone to bright black coals below 12,450 ft. All yielded workable pollen floras, though there were fewer grains and species in the lower three samples. Pollen from all five samples indicates that the coal measures~are of Late Eocene age, Runangan down to about 11,000 ft and Kaiatan below, to the bottom of the well at 13,040 ft.