Njengoba kunikezwe isigaba esilandelayo esiphathelene ne-silous ooze, i-silous ooze ichazwa kanjani?
Context:I-silous ooze uhlobo lwe-biogenic pelagic sediment etholakala ekujuleni kolwandle. Ama-silous oozes awavamile kakhulu phakathi kwama-deep sea sediments, futhi akha cishe u-15% womhlabathi wasolwandle. Ama-oose achazwa ngokuthi ama-sediments aqukethe okungenani u-30% wezinsalela zamathambo ezinto ezincane eziphila emanzini. Ama-silous oozes ngokuyinhloko akhiwe ngamathambo ezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle ezinjengama-diatom nama-radiolarian. Ezinye izingxenye ze-silicaous oozes eziseduze nemingcele yezwekazi zingahlanganisa izinhlayiya ze-silica ezitholakala emhlabeni kanye nama-sponge spicules. I-silicaous oozes yakhiwe ngamathambo enziwe nge-opal silica Si ((O2), ngokungafani ne-calcareous oozes, eyenziwe ngamathambo ezinto eziphilayo ze-calcium carbonate (ie ama-coccolithophores). I-silica (Si) iyisici esibalulekile futhi iphinde isetshenziswe kabusha ngokuphumelelayo endaweni yasolwandle ngomjikelezo we-silica. Ibanga elivela emhlabathini, ukujula kwamanzi nokuzala kwezilwandle konke kuyizici ezithinta okuqukethwe yi-opal silica emanzini olwandle nokuba khona kwama-souze e-silica.
Ama-oose achazwa ngokuthi ama-sediments aqukethe okungenani amaphesenti angu-30 ezinsalela zamathambo ezinto eziphilayo ezincane eziphila emanzini.