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Dear Sirs and Ladies: I am trying to determine the rough age of cherts created by the silicification of chalks. The silicification of the chalk has preserved the morphology and structure of the foraminifera within the former chalk quite welll. As a result, I am hoping to obtain an approximate idea of the age of the source chalk from identifying, as best as can be done, some of the foraminifers in the chert. Apparently, Sliter (1989) and (1999) has published research about biostratigraphy using thin sections of Cretaceous foraminifera in: Sliter, W. V., 1989, Biostratigraphic zonation for Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers examined in thin section. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. vol. 19, pp. 1-19. Have additional studies about identifying foraminifera in thin section been published for Cretaceous, Paleocene, and Eocene planktonic foraminifers? Also, I have seen cited a couple of times: Sliter, W. V., 1999, Cretaceous planctonic foraminifers examined in thin section. US Geological Survey . Special Publication. If it exists, where might a person find a copy of it? Yours, Paul V. Heinrich Baton Rouge, LA
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