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What is Hemipelagic sediment?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Hemipelagic sediment is deep-sea sediment that is commonly deposited near continental margins. More than 25% of the fraction coarser than 5 microns is either terrigenous, volcanogenic, and/or neritic in orign.

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