Blog Posts Tagged "ooze"

What's at the Bottom of the Ocean?

Submitted by Sabreena Kasbati on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 01:27
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Sediment!  What's it made of?

Trace fossils and faults

Submitted by Helder Pereira on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 16:32
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Most of the cores collected at the Site U1385 (SHACK-04) are composed by what the scientists call nannofossil oozes (i.e. mud with remains of CaCO3 tests termed coccoliths of tiny marine single cell algeae called coccolithophores).