| Id | 163 |
| Identification Type | Lithofacies |
| Name | Organic-rich Diatom Ooze |
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| Description | Refers to a lithofacies comprising >50% diatom frustules, with organic matter (amorphous and/or fragmentary) making up the second-most abundant constituent.
Prominence of diatom frustules; diatoms may be diverse, or essentially monospecific. Carbonate minerals subordinate, or absent. Clastic silt subordinate, or absent. Diagenetic minerals (e.g., vivianite; pyrite) occur commonly, but are subordinate. |
| Tags | circular transparent colorless rice-shape brown amorphous |
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