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Foraminiferal associations of the Mid-Tertiary Edegem Sands at Terhagen, Belgium

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A factor-analytic approach (varimax rotated factors) was used in studying the benthonic foraminiferal associations of the Mid-Tertiary Edegem Sands at Terhagen (near Antwerpen) Belgium. The fauna can be described by two groups. The lower and upper part of the stratigraphic section are characterized by one group and the middle transitional part by a second group. The results can be correlated with the number of the planktonic forms and with the fossil richness of the sediment.

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  1. Laboratorium voor Beschrijvende Plantkunde, Leuven, Belgium

    F. Symons

  2. Laboratorium voor Paleontologie, Leuven, Belgium

    F. De Meuter

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Symons, F., De Meuter, F. Foraminiferal associations of the Mid-Tertiary Edegem Sands at Terhagen, Belgium. Mathematical Geology 6, 1–15 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02111923

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