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Htown713 Htown713
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6 years ago
Briefly define a biogenous ooze and describe two types.
 
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If more than 30 of an area's sediment is made up of biogenous particles, then it is considered an ooze. Siliceous ooze comes primarily from the siliceous deposits from diatoms and radiolarians. Calcareous ooze is from a mixture of foraminiferans, coccolithophores, and molluscs.
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