Image of Bathysiphon argenteus Heron-Allen & Earland 1913

Bathysiphoninae Avnimelech 1952

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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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88.036 degrees

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-77.4413 degrees

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longitude

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176.887 degrees

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-178.503 degrees

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water depth

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4228 m

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0 m

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water dissolved o2 concentration

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0.655 mL/L

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9.159 mL/L

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water nitrate concentration

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44.123 µmol/l

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0.044 µmol/l

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water o2 saturation

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104.826 percent

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10.673 percent

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water phosphate concentration

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3.142 µmol/l

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0.098 µmol/l

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water salinity

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23.584 psu

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36.971 psu

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water silicate concentration

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169.201 µmol/l

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1.018 µmol/l

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water temperature

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-1.718 degrees celsius

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28.355 degrees celsius

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