. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. 876 BIEDEL [CHAP. 33 "the distribution of the dead shells of the pelagic Foraminifera on the floor of the ocean corresponds exactly with the distribution of the living specimens at the surface of the sea . .; the distribution of the dead shells on the bottom does not appear to be much if any wider than that of the hving specimens at the surface, and this shows that the dead shells must reach the bottom a very short time after the death of the organisms". Schott (1935) examined this matter in the equatorial Atlant


. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. 876 BIEDEL [CHAP. 33 "the distribution of the dead shells of the pelagic Foraminifera on the floor of the ocean corresponds exactly with the distribution of the living specimens at the surface of the sea . .; the distribution of the dead shells on the bottom does not appear to be much if any wider than that of the hving specimens at the surface, and this shows that the dead shells must reach the bottom a very short time after the death of the organisms". Schott (1935) examined this matter in the equatorial Atlantic and found Murray's statement to be generally correct if allowance is made for dissolution of some of the more delicate tests. Semina and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, M. N. (Maurice Neville), 1919-. New York : Interscience Pub.


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