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When sediment sinks into the ocean floor it is called?
When sediment sinks into the ocean floor, it is called sedimentation. Over time, layers of sediment build up and compress to form sedimentary rocks.
What is an ocean floor sediment?
broken up rocks
Do skeletons exist on the ocean floor?
The ocean floor sediment contains unfathomable numbers of marine organism skeletons.
How does fine sediments reach the ocean floor?
Fine sediments can reach the ocean floor through various ways, such as river runoff carrying sediment from land, currents transporting sediments offshore, and particles settling from the water column. Once these fine sediments reach the ocean floor, they can accumulate over time to form sediment layers.
Which type of ocean floor sediment is biological in origin?
Biogenous
Where on the ocean floor is sediment the thickest?
the thickest accumulation of sediment on the ocean floor is at the CONTINENTAL SLOPES AND RISES. :)
What is the ocean floor covered with thick layers of?
Sexual coment
How does the carbon end up as sediment on the bottom of the ocean floor?
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What type of ocean floor sediment is biological in origin?
Novanet answer: Biogenous.
What type of ocean-floor sediment is biological in origin?
Novanet answer: Biogenous.
As rivers flow into the ocean and deposit thick layers of sediment on the ocean floor what will the crust under the sediment do?
the crust will cool to form metamorphic rock
Which best describes the composition of the ocean floor?
The ocean floor generally consists of basalt cooled from magma, and the overlying layers of sediment, both inorganic and organic.
