Finding the Chalk Makers: The Foraminifera
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Description: Information and photographs of the organisms responsible for chalk deposits, how to find them, prepare and observe them under the microscope.
Ninety odd million years ago the chalk downland of Northern Europe was ooze at the bottom of a great sea. Strange creatures lived on the marine debris that showered down from the upper layers of the ocean. Their bodies were made of chalk extracted from the rich sea-water. As they died, so a deep layer built up, and slowly it became consolidated into rock.
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| Page title: | Article on Chalk |
| Keywords: | Microscopy, Micscape, amateur microscopy, foraminifera, chalk, dark field |
| Description: | Chalk makers |
| IP-address: | 98.138.19.143 |