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M. A. Kaminski and F. M. Gradstein, Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminifera.

Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 10, 547+ vii pp., ISBN: 83-912385-8-X; £49, order from the Micropaleontology Project, 256 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001 [tel. 1-212-481-2997] or direct from Special Publications Editor (email: m.Kaminski@ucl.ac.uk). The Grzybowski Foundation, c/o Geological Museum, Jagiellonian University, ul. Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Krakow, Poland.

Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Wright-Riemann Laboratories, Piscataway, NJ 08854

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With the loss of expertise in the various (sub)disciplines of micropaleontology gathering momentum owing to a variety of reasons, the need for synoptic overviews has become increasingly apparent. Thus over the last 20 years we have seen the publication of Atlases of Cenozoic Cosmopolitan Deep Water Benthic Foraminifera (CCDWBF), Cretaceous, Paleocene (and soon to appear, Eocene) planktonic foraminifera and a series of Handbooks on Cenozoic calcareous nannoplankton. Deep Water Agglutinated Foraminifera (DWAF) are characteristic of siliclastic deposits from flysch basins as well as deep sea deposits around the world. They have been noticeably neglected (with the exception of a devoted minority of specialists) owing to the difficulty in analyzing their relatively simple and esthetically pedestrian morphology. However, their usefulness has been recognized in deciphering the (bio)stratigraphy of petroliferous flysch basins ever since the pioneering studies of Jozef Grzybowksi in the Carpathian Mountains of Poland at the end of the 19^th century. With the publication of this Atlas DWAF have taken their place at High Table!

This volume is the result of over 20 years study . . . [Full Text of this Article]