Image of Spiroplectammina Cushman 1927

Spiroplectamminoidea

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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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32.8375 degrees

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-23.3238 degrees

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longitude

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117.893 degrees

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-75.6167 degrees

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water depth

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1383 m

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204 m

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water dissolved o2 concentration

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5.814 mL/L

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2.276 mL/L

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water nitrate concentration

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2.052 µmol/l

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31.443 µmol/l

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water o2 saturation

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34.388 percent

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87.471 percent

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water phosphate concentration

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2.224 µmol/l

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0.084 µmol/l

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water salinity

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36.659 psu

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34.52 psu

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water silicate concentration

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0.969 µmol/l

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52.225 µmol/l

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water temperature

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20.14 degrees celsius

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4.466 degrees celsius

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