calcareous ooze

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• Calcareous — refers to a sediment, sedimentary rock, or soil type which is formed from or contains a high proportion of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite or aragonite. Calcareous rock also refers to sediments derived near land. The carbon content is… …   Wikipedia

• Ooze — Ooze, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w?s juice, ooze, Icel. v[=a]s wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.] 1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. My son i the ooze is bedded. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ooze — ooze1 /oohz/, v., oozed, oozing, n. v.i. 1. (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings. 2. to move or pass slowly or gradually, as if through a small opening or passage: The crowd oozed… …   Universalium

• ooze — I [[t]uz[/t]] v. oozed, ooz•ing, n. 1) (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings 2) to move or pass slowly or gradually 3) (of a substance) to exude moisture 4) (of something abstract, as… …   From formal English to slang

• ooze — I. /uz / (say oohz) verb (oozed, oozing) –verb (i) 1. (of moisture, etc.) to percolate or exude, as through pores or small openings. 2. (of air, etc.) to pass slowly or gradually as if through pores or small openings. 3. (of a substance) to exude …  

• Siliceous ooze — is composed of the debris of plankton with silica shells, such as diatoms and radiolaria. This ooze is limited to areas with high biological productivity, such as the polar oceans, and upwelling zones near the equator. The least common type of… …   Wikipedia

• radiolarian ooze — Ooze Ooze, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w?s juice, ooze, Icel. v[=a]s wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.] 1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. My son i the ooze is bedded. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• globigerina ooze — [glō bij΄ər ī′nə] n. [ModL Globigerina, a genus of foraminifera (< L globus, a ball, GLOBE + ger(ere), to bear + ModL ina, taxonomic suffix < L, pl. of inus, INE1) + OOZE2] a fine, deep sea sediment covering approximately one third of the… …   English World dictionary

• globigerina ooze — noun : a layer of soft mud made up in large part of the shells of dead globigerinae and covering great areas of the sea bottom at depths of 1000 to 3000 feet * * * a calcareous deposit occurring upon ocean beds and consisting mainly of the shells …   Useful english dictionary

• globigerina ooze — a calcareous deposit occurring upon ocean beds and consisting mainly of the shells of dead foraminifers, esp. globigerina. [1875 80] * * * …   Universalium

• Pelagic sediments — Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine grained sediment that has accumulated by the settling of particles through the water column to the ocean floor beneath the open ocean far from land. These particles consist primarily of either the… …   Wikipedia