<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Carboniferous outliers are found west of the late Carboniferous West Bohemian basins and also south of the West and Central Bohemian basins. The West Bohemian group is Asturian (= Westphalian D) or younger and is notably coal-bearing, the other group of outliers consists mostly of coal-bearing upper Carboniferous volcaniclastic rocks of Bolsovian (= Westphalian C) and/or Asturian age. They form a discontinuous belt extending through the area between and around the towns of Merklín and Beroun. These rocks are underlain chiefly by rocks of ages varying from the Neoproterozoic or Cambrian up to the Ordovician. If the nappe structure of the Barrandian Lower Paleozoic proposed by Melichar and Hladil (e.g. 1999) is not widely present, then it can be assumed that as much as 1850 m of Lower Paleozoic sediments and volcanics could have been eroded prior to the onset of sedimentation of the Bolsovian rocks. In the upper Carboniferous outliers near Mirošov, Skořice and Kamenný Újezd, where sedimentation began as late as in the Asturian, the thickness of eroded deposits might have been even greater, reaching as much as 3150 m.</abstract>

Observations Concerning the Thickness of Rocks Eroded Between the Cambrian and Bolsovian (= Westphalian C) in Central and Western Bohemia

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The Prášilské Lake is the glacial lake in the Bohemian Forest (Šumava Mts) located on the Czech side in the elevation of 1,079 m above sea level. The lake area is 4 ha, the maximal depth is 15.5 m. The lake catchment area is situated in the sub-alpine zone. The studied area has never been the object of forest or agricultural farming in the history because of its inaccessibility. The sediment dating was carried out by means of lead isotope 210Pb. The oldest layer established by this isotope in the Prášilské Lake was in the depth of 0.47 m. This dating was used for the deepest layer of sediment and its age was dated to the year of 1843 (depth 0.11 m) and a base of this profile to the medieval age (depth 0.47 m), which corresponds to about the 12th-13th century A.D. The analysed profile (0-0.47 m) can be divided into the local pollen assemblage zones PRI-1 (depth 0.37-0.47 m), PRI-2 (depth 0.25-0.37 m), PRI-3 (depth 0.12- 0.25 m), PRI-4 (depth 0.06-0.12 m), PRI-5 (depth 0.02-0.06 m), PRI-6 (depth 0-0.02 m). On the basis of dating by the 210Pb method the age of sediment (0-0.11 m) is established into the range of 1843 to 1994. It is noticeable in the pollen spectrum that it concerns a locality situated already above the forest border, the pollen curves of stratigraphical important taxons (mainly woody species) do not change markedly. The rich woody component is formed mainly by pollen grains of Picea and Fagus. The herbaceous component (NAP) is very diverse; however, in a general way the pollen grains of woody species (AP) predominate due to the above mentioned deciduous forests. A representation of the herbaceous component (NAP) is very varied as far as species are concerned, human influence is very visible here (e.g. occurrence of cereals Cerealia, Zea mays, Fagopyrum-type, weed: Centaurea cyanus, Agrostemma githago etc.). The dating of this part also corresponds to the results of the pollen analysis. Of the plants producing spores the findings of lesser clubmoss (Selaginella-type cf. Selaginella selaginoides) and water plant quillwort (Isoëtes), whose nearest contemporary place of the finding in our territory is in the Černé and Plešné Lake and Wielki Staw (the Giant Mts), were quite interesting. The most of spores were recorded at the family Polypodiaceae and green alga Botryococcus, which indicate cold and humid conditions of the occurrence.</abstract>

Historical Influence of Man on the Vegetation Record in the Prášilské Lake Sediments (Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic)

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The Pennsylvanian flora from the Alpe Logone/Val Sanagra locality in the Western Lombardy (Southern Alps, Italy) last underwent a taxonomic study in the mid 20th century. The main problem is generally poor preservation of the plant remains, which makes their identification problematic. Despite this, the authors have identified 43 fossil species from this locality. Based on the sedimentary context of this paleoflora, we assume that the Val Sanagra sediments were deposited in a continental setting, in a fluvial environment with a well-developed and vegetated floodplain where where clastic substrates would locally and occasionally change into peat swamp. The common presence of rhytidolepis and sub-rhytidolepis sigillarias, as well of Eusphenopteris neuropteroides, Lobatopteris miltonii, Mariopteris latifolia, Paripteris linguaefolia, Pecopteris microphylla, Alethopteris sp. (cf. grandinii) indicates that the flora from the Val Sanagra locality spans the interval between the Duckmantian and Bolsovian (middle Moscovian), and thus represents one of the oldest Pennsylvanian floras of the Southern Alps.</abstract>

Palaeontology Department, West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen, Kopeckého sady 2, 30100 Plzeň, Czech Republic

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Universita di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy

Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3/131, 118 21 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Revision of the Pennsylvanian Flora from Val Sanagra in Western Part of the Southern Alps (Italy)

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