Citation: Reid, R.E.H. 1973 The chalk sea. Irish Naturalists' Journal 17: 357-375
Number of Pages: 19
Volume Part: 11
Keywords: Biogeography, Chalk, Ecology, Fauna, Geology, Geomorphology, Marine, Sedimentology, Zonation
Abstract: This paper attempts to give an outline and introduction to the Chalk Sea (deposited in an Upper Cretaceous Sea which covered much of present Europe), as a sea and an environment for life, particularly with respect to Ireland. The paper is divided into the following sections: geographical setting, faunal realms, chalk sedimentation, climate, depth, fauna and normal ecology, hydrography and conclusion.