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The age and palaeoecology of the St Erth Beds, southern England, based on planktonic foraminifera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. Graham Jenkins
D. Graham Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, U.K.
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Summary

Planktonic foraminifera are recorded for the first time from the St Erth Beds but they are small and very rare. A late Pliocene G. inflaia Zone age is postulated on the presence of Globorotalia inflata and dextrally coiled Neogloboquadrina pachyderma. It is suggested that the depth of water at the time of deposition was much less than 100 m, possibly in the photic zone, and the palaeotemperature was in the range of 10–18 °C.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 119 , Issue 2 , March 1982 , pp. 201 - 205
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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