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CHERT in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans occurs both as nodules and as layers or lenses1. Associated sediments include carbonate, biogenous silica, brown clay and volcanic ash. Chert is usually found in Middle Eocene or older sediments; the actual time of chert formation is, however, not known.
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KEENE, J., KASTNER, M. Clays and formation of deep-sea chert. Nature 249, 754–755 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249754a0
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