Calcareous Ooze Sediments
ü Accumulation of
calcium carbonate hard parts from dead microscopic plankton
ü Mainly consists
of cocolithophores and foraminifera tests
ü Calcite-shelled
plankton abundant in warmer surface waters
ü Accumulate
above the Carbonate Compensation Depth (CCD)
cocolithophores
foraminifera
