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Foraminifera Reveal Ocean’s History
November 12, 2009 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Foraminifera fossils are tiny calcium carbonate shells, as small as a grain of sand. These fossils yield numerous clues about the water depth, water temperature, climate and other environmental conditions present at the time that they were alive.


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