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ALTHOUGH the deposition of biogenic siliceous sediments is not widespread in the modern Atlantic and Caribbean, calcareous siliceous or siliceous sediments (including cherts) are recorded at various intervals in the Mesozoic1–7 and Tertiary sequences1–5,7–10 of both areas. On the basis of the available data it appears that the deposition of these sediments was widespread in these areas during the Lower Tertiary and possibly the Mesozoic, and more restricted during the Upper Tertiary. In this article I describe and attempt to account for the distribution of these sediments.
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RAMSAY, A. Occurrence of Biogenic Siliceous Sediments in the Atlantic Ocean. Nature 233, 115–117 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233115a0
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