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Discoasters of the Blue Clay (Middle Miocene) of Malta and Gozo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Minoo Hojjatzadeh
Minoo Hojjatzadeh
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Postgraduate Unit of Micropalaeontology, University College, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
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Summary

Twenty-three species of the Family Discoasteraceae Vekshina, 1959 recovered from 18 samples of the Blue Clay at Fort Chambray, Gozo, and 31 samples from Fomm-Ir-Rih Bay, Malta, have been studied under light and scanning electron microscopes. Fourteen Middle Miocene species are reviewed, their stratigraphical ranges and importance as marker species discussed. Nine species are described as new. On the basis of the discoaster species present, a Middle Miocene age (NN.6 Discoaster exilis Zone – NN.7 Discoaster kugleri Zone) for the Blue Clay in Malta and Gozo is suggested.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 115 , Issue 1 , January 1978 , pp. 1 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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