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Coccolith-rich marker bands in the English Kimmeridge Clay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. W. Gallois  and
A. W. Medd
R. W. Gallois
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, 5 Princes Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 1QN
A. W. Medd
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Ring Road, Halton, Leeds, LS15 8TQ
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Summary

Thin coccolith-rich bands, in which coccoliths make up a major part of the rock, have been recorded at 11 horizons in the Kimmeridge Clay of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Surrey and Wiltshire and also in cliff sections at and adjacent to Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset. It seems likely that at least nine of these bands form persistent markers throughout southern and eastern England. The coccolithophorid assemblages are discussed and some species of Stradnerlithus are systematically described.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 116 , Issue 4 , July 1979 , pp. 247 - 260
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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