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The distribution of pteropods in four cores from the hot brine area of the Red Sea and from one core 150 miles south of this area shows four stratigraphic zones. These zones can be correlated with eustatic sea level changes.
Lamont Geological Observatory Contribution No. 1288.
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Chen, C. (1969). Pteropods in the Hot Brine Sediments of the Red Sea. In: Degens, E.T., Ross, D.A. (eds) Hot Brines and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-28603-6_31
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