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pteropod ooze

pteropod ooze

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

pteropod ooze Deep-sea ooze in which at least 30 per cent of the sediment consists of the shells of small planktonic (see plankton) gastropods (known as pteropods or ‘wing-footed’ snails). The shells are aragonitic and, as aragonite solubility increases rapidly with depth, pteropod ooze is restricted to water depths less than 2500 m.
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pteropod ooze

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

pteropod ooze Deep-sea ooze in which at least 30% of the sediment consists of the shells of planktonic small gastropods (known as pteropods or ‘wing-footed’ snails). The shells are aragonitic and, as aragonite solubility increases rapidly with depth, pteropod ooze is restricted to water depths less than 2500 m.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "pteropod ooze." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-pteropodooze.html

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "pteropod ooze." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-pteropodooze.html

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