Isn't it, " Why are very FEW fossils found in rocks made from sediment that laid down in deep ocean waters?"
and i thought you would know.
minerals that crystalize directly from ocean waters
United
Atlantic ocean
It would tell you that an ocean once existed there and then withdrew.
An example of terrigenous sediment is sand. Terrigenous sediments are derived from the weathering and erosion of rocks on land, and are transported by rivers, glaciers, and wind to eventually settle in ocean basins. Sand is one of the most common types of terrigenous sediment found on beaches and in shallow coastal waters.
continental shelf. My question was : Decaying organic matter and sediment are found in the ocean's... But the answer you provided me wasn't right. The right answer was : Abyssal Plains.
The deepest fossils ever found are microbial fossils discovered in rocks from the ocean floor, known as serpentinized peridotites, in the Samail Ophiolite in Oman.
Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.
Ctenophores are found in most marine environments: from polar waters to the tropics; near coasts and in mid-ocean; from the surface waters to the ocean depths.
silt
Pangaea
Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.