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Siliceous Ooze
resulting type of
sedimentary rock
Biogenic Chert
Diatoms
Biogenic Chert
Diatomaceous Earth
Zooplankton
(floating animals)
Foraminifera
'forams'
Biogenic Limestone
Chalk
Phytoplankton
(floating plants/
photosynthesizers)
Coccolithophores
'coccoliths'
lithification
Phytoplankton
(floating plants/
photosynthesizers)
lithification
Radiolarians
(& sponges)
Calcareous Ooze
lithification
Zooplankton
(floating animals)
lithification
specific type of
organism that's
most common in
the sediment
type of
organisms
that compose
the sediment
type of
sediment
Biogenous Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Biogenic Limestone
Chalk
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