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Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

Table 2 Mean values of measurements performed on the diameters of opaque phytoclasts

From: Integrated palynology and sedimentology of the Mississippian of the Tisdafine Basin (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

Formation

Sample no

Number of measurements

Mean diameter of opaque phytoclasts (µm)

Standard deviation (SD) diameter of opaque phytoclasts (µm)

Distance from the shoreline (Tyson & Follows, 2000)

Tinerhir Fm

SP8

112

41.44

12.46

 ~ 8–9 km

SP6

101

40.12

12.81

 ~ 9–10 km

Aït Yalla Fm

SP5

104

36.88

11.41

 ~ 11 km

SP4

118

32.53

7.5

 ~ 14 km

SP3

100

36.86

9.96

 ~ 11 km

SP2

132

35.94

9,25

 ~ 11.5 km

SP1

100

33.98

9.59

 ~ 12.5 km

  1. Assessments of transport distances of the opaque phytoclasts from the shoreline, according to the method of Tyson & Follows (2000), are also shown
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