Figure F6. Photomicrographs of smear slides indicating the dominant lithologies of Units II–V, Site U1403. Note that prominent radiolarians in B under cross-polarized light are likely due to clay aggregates in their tests. A. Clay with zeolites, Unit II. B. Radiolarian clay, Unit III. C. Radiolarian nannofossil ooze, Unit IV. D. Foraminiferal nannofossil ooze, Subunit Va.
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