Glossary:Chalk

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Chalk
A soft, porous form of limestone. Chalk is a sedimentary rock formed in warm shallow seas where the remains of microscopic organisms such as coccoliths and foraminifera accumulate on the sea bed. Chalk beds commonly contain embedded flint nodules.

Related Words: Coccolith, Flint, Foraminifera, Limestone

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