A suite of samples of London Clay were submitted for micropalaeontological examination in

order to place them in a biostratigraphical framework

Wilkinson, I.P.

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 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INTERNAL REPORT IR/03/073   Foraminifera from a suite of samples of London Clay on the Newbury Sheet I.P. Wilkinson   The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data are used with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Ordnance Survey licence number GD 272191/1999 Key words Foraminifera, Eocene. Bibliographical reference WILKINSON, I.P. 2003. Foraminifera from a suite of samples of London Clay on the Newbury Sheet. British Geological Survey Internal Report, IR/03/073.  1pp.  © NERC 2003  Keyworth, Nottingham   British Geological Survey   2003 IR/03/073      Foraminifera from a suite of samples of London Clay on the Newbury Sheet. Contents Contents........................................................................................................................................... i 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 2 Biostratigraphical conclusions .............................................................................................. 1      i IR/03/073      Foraminifera from a suite of samples of London Clay on the Newbury Sheet. 1 Introduction A suite of samples of London Clay were submitted for micropalaeontological examination in order to place them in a biostratigraphical framework.  2 Biostratigraphical conclusions MPA51902 DTA689  Barren MPA51903 DTA690  Barren MPA51904 DTA691  Cibicidoides alleni (single fragment)    The only sample to contain a foraminifer was MPA51904 (DTA691), where only a single fragment was found. Cibicidoides alleni is a long-ranging species that has been recorded throughout London Clay and up to the top of the Bracklesham (Early and Mid Eocene).  In terms of the established biostratigraphy for the London Clay, no conclusions could be drawn.   1 

Foraminifera from a suite of samples of London Clay on the Newbury sheet

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Foraminifera from a suite of samples of London Clay on the Newbury sheet

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