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Foraminifera in Boulder Clays from the Wexford Coast of Ireland (With a note on the generic name Streblus Fischer)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. A. Macfadyen
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Four samples were sent to me by Mr. A. Farrington, two pairs collected from separate boulder clays, in each of two localities. The purpose was to investigate whether it would be possible to differentiate the two clays by their respective content of microfossils.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , August 1940 , pp. 276 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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1 These specimens are small, rather variable, and not quite typical, commonly having a small umbilical boss; they may provisionally be referred to N. depressulus.Google Scholar

1 Note that thick specimens were specially sought among the large number on the slides.Google Scholar

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