Calcareous ooze is a form of calcium carbonate derived from planktonic organisms that accumulates on the sea floor.
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It accumulates at a slower rate than calcareous ooze : 0.2 1 cm / 1000 yr.
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Cedars of Lebanon State Forest is underlain by Ordovician period limestone, formed roughly 460 million years ago from calcareous ooze deposited by a primordial sea that once covered Middle Tennessee.
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"Calcareous ooze " is ooze that is composed of at least 30 % of the calcareous microscopic shells also known as " tests " of foraminifera, coccolithophores, and pteropods.