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Describe how new rock materials can be added to a continent?
They can be added by deep-sea sediments, igneous rocks, river sediments, and terranes.
How do the ages of the sea sediments compare to the age of the oldest contential rock?
Continental rock is MUCH older than sediments in the sea (unless the sediments in the sea come from continental crust, in which case they would be the same age).
What underlies the unconsolidated sediments of the sea floor?
Probably consolidated sediments (sedimentary rock), then the rock basalt.
What are sediments produced by plants and animals in the sea called?
Biogenous.
Are there bacterias in the deep sea?
how do deep sea bacteria survive
Where are most carbonate sediments deposited on earth today?
The deep sea.
Deep-sea sediments contribute to continental growth how?
Deep-sea sediments most likely contribute to continent growth by being scraped off in a subduction zone and left at the surface.
What has the author Roberto Danovaro written?
Roberto Danovaro has written: 'Methods for the study of deep-sea sediments, their functioning and biodiversity' -- subject(s): Marine biology, Marine sediments, Benthic animals, Methodology, Benthos, Research 'Methods for the study of deep-sea sediments--their functioning and biodiversity' 'Methods for the study of deep-sea sediments--their functioning and biodiversity' -- subject(s): Marine biology, Marine sediments, Benthic animals, Methodology, Benthos, Research
How do terrigenous sediments move from their source to the deep sea?
Due to long shore currents the suspended particles transported as a suspended load to the deep sea.
Describe how new rock materials can be added to a continent?
They can be added by deep-sea sediments, igneous rocks, river sediments, and terranes.
What has the author Sture Landergren written?
Sture Landergren has written: 'On the geochemistry of deep-sea sediments'
What is deep sea plain?
A deep sea plain, sometimes called an abyssal plain is a wide, almost level area that covers about two-thirds of the entire ocean floor. There is a complete absence of river sediments on this plain.
Deep-sea sediments most likely contribute to continent growth by being?
scraped off in a subduction zone and left at the surface
What has the author Patricia Paluso written?
Patricia Paluso has written: 'A guide to publications and subsequent investigations of Deep Sea Drilling Project materials' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Deep Sea Drilling Project, Marine sediments, Paleontology
What were the goals of the deep sea drilling project?
To investigate the evolution of ocean basins by core drilling of ocean sediments and underlying oceanic crust.
What has the author Tsung-hung Peng written?
Tsung-hung Peng has written: 'The impacts of bioturbation on the age difference between benthic and planktonic foraminifera in deep sea sediments' -- subject(s): Foraminifera, Marine sediments
What has the author V I Baranov written?
V. I. Baranov has written: 'Radiochemical analysis of deep-sea sediments in connection with the determination of the rate of sediment accumulation'
