globigerina ooze

American  

noun

1. a calcareous deposit occurring upon ocean beds and consisting mainly of the shells of dead foraminifers, especially globigerina.

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Etymology

Origin of globigerina ooze

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The shells accumulate at the bottom of moderately deep seas to form “Globigerina ooze” and are preserved thus in the chalk.

From Project Gutenberg

Chalk is well known to consist largely of foraminiferal shells, mostly vitreous, like the north Atlantic globigerina ooze.

From Project Gutenberg

He wants to see, touch, examine the Globigerina ooze of the ocean bottom, the volcanic debris of the ridge top.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our continents are shown to be built up mainly of "shore-deposits"; and even the chalk, which is so often said to be the exact equivalent of the "globigerina ooze" now forming in mid-Atlantic, is shown to be a comparatively shallow-water deposit formed in inland seas, or in the immediate vicinity of land.

From Project Gutenberg

Dr. Wallich ascertained that the sea-bottom at this point consisted of the ordinary Globigerina ooze, and that the stomachs of the star-fishes were full of Globigerinæ.

From Project Gutenberg