sapropel

An aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes, seas etc.

humic substance

decay ooze

putrid mud

From German Sapropel, corresponding to sapro- + Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, clay”).

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