The Role of Palynology in the Exploration of Fuel Resources

Abstract

Palynology, meaning science of pollen and spore is a relative new field of sciences, which is now being developed and used in fuel resources exploration.
Palynology is a good means for the study of vegetation, stratigraphy, climatology and paleobotany. Recently many palynologists picked up significant pollen and spores for correlation of coal seams in Japan. The idea of using pollen and spores as a tool in correlation of oil-bearing formations seems to have started in the United States.
The usefulness of palynology in petroleum exploration is based on characteristic range of occurence of significant pollens and profiles of pollen assemblages.
This paper deals with these subjects.