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[http://www.niwascience.co.nz/pubs/wa/08-3-Sep-2000/foraminifera.htm '''Fabulous Foraminifera''': examining past climates using microscopic marine organisms] by Barbara Manighetti & Lisa Northcote in ''Water & Atmosphere'', Vol. 8(3), © NIWA 2000 | [http://www.niwascience.co.nz/pubs/wa/08-3-Sep-2000/foraminifera.htm '''Fabulous Foraminifera''': examining past climates using microscopic marine organisms] by Barbara Manighetti & Lisa Northcote in ''Water & Atmosphere'', Vol. 8(3), © NIWA 2000 | ||
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| + | * Foraminifera are used in the oil and gas industry as indicators of diagenesis, thus, conditions favorable for hydrocarbon formation. Agglutinated foraminifera (their organic matrix) become darker with age and thermal pressure through time. | ||
