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Sapropel vs Lamalginite - What's the difference?

sapropel | lamalginite |

As nouns the difference between sapropel and lamalginite

is that sapropel is (geology) an aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes, seas etc while lamalginite is an alginite found in sapropel and composed of thin-walled colonial or unicellular algae that occur as distinct laminae, cryptically interbedded with mineral matter.

sapropel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) An aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes, seas etc.
  • *2011 , (Chris Stringer), The Origin of Our Species , Penguin 2012, p. 47:
  • *:Another instance in which Mediterranean sapropels have provided clues about events deep within the African continent is the ‘greening’ of the Sahara about 120,000 years ago.

    • Derived terms

    * sapropelic

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    lamalginite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lamalginite)
  • An alginite found in sapropel and composed of thin-walled colonial or unicellular algae that occur as distinct laminae, cryptically interbedded with mineral matter.