Image of Planorbulina d'Orbigny 1826

Planorbulinoidea

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Webb 2019
calcareous ooze
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000046

Definition: Calcareous ooze is a marine sediment composed primarily of the shells--also known as tests--of foraminifera, coccolithophores, and pteropods. This is the most common pelagic sediment by area, covering 48% of the world ocean's floor. This type of ooze is limited to depths above the Carbonate Compensation Depth at time of burial. It accumulates more rapidly than any other pelagic sediment type, with a rate that varies from 0.3 - 5 cm / 1000 yr.

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latitude

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88.512 degrees

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-77.4413 degrees

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longitude

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-178.503 degrees

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178.191 degrees

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water depth

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0 m

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2564 m

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water dissolved o2 concentration

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0.206 mL/L

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9.138 mL/L

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water nitrate concentration

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0 µmol/l

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35.911 µmol/l

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water o2 saturation

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109.868 percent

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3.494 percent

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water phosphate concentration

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0.043 µmol/l

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2.779 µmol/l

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water salinity

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25.467 psu

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40.002 psu

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water silicate concentration

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0.824 µmol/l

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81.678 µmol/l

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water temperature

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28.823 degrees celsius

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-1.839 degrees celsius

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