Great gobs of mucky gump (calcareous foram ooze) freshly arrived on the R.V. Knorr in a dredge hauled from the ocean floor about 3000m below.
Central North Atlantic, near the Oceanographer Fracture Zone (~35N, 35W).
Dan Fornari (responsible for the idea of lining the dredge with sacking) fishes out bedrock fragments from the ooze.

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