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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.
Do skeletons exist on the ocean floor?
The ocean floor sediment contains unfathomable numbers of marine organism skeletons.
Which type of ocean floor sediment is biological in origin?
Biogenous
How does sediment reach the ocean floor?
i just dont know !
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?
fool
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.
What is the relationship between sea floor sediment thickness and mid-ocean ridge distance?
The further away a point is from the mid-ocean ridge, the deeper the sediment layer should be. Because the ocean floor is relatively new nearer the ridge, sediments have had less time to accumulate.
