Talk:Siliceous ooze

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Content moved from radiolarian ooze by user:Paul H. on 18 Oct. 2011. Vsmith (talk) 20:21, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Update Oct 2018
This topic has been chosen by students from Oregon State University to update as part of a class project. An expansion of the topic will begin today and will occur over the course of the next couple weeks. Topics include: an expanded definition, geographic location, significance to global silica cycle, significance to greater environment. Klajborw (talk) 20:12, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Ooze definition not supported by citation
Hi,

The third sentence in the article states that "Oozes are defined as sediments which contain at least 30% skeletal remains of pelagic microorganisms", but the original paper does not mention this information at all. Upon a quick Google search, this 30% stat seems to come from the Britannica definition of ooze. I probably won't have the time to track down what Britannica's source was, so if someone else can verify the 30% stat, please update the citation! Otherwise, it might be better to remove that statement or cite Britannica, since it seems to be the true source. Myonke2 (talk) 05:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)