Abstract
Fortescue William Millett (1833-1915) was one of the leading micropalaeontologists of the late 19th Century. His work concentrated
on modern and living foraminifera, some of which were collected from the marine sediments around Cornwall and Devon. He
also studied the marine clays of the St Erth Formation, which contain a distinctive and diverse assemblage of foraminifera and
Ostracoda together with some enigmatic bolboformid-like microfossils. The presence of these Plio-Pleistocene sands and clays
perched on the Palaeozoic basement provides evidence of sea levels significantly higher than the present day.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 295-303 |
| Journal | Geoscience in South-West England |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |