Question

Question 5 1 pts All of the following are examples of lithogenous sediments except which? Oquartz-rich beach sand O gravel and boulders deposited by glaciers O siliceous ooze sediment particles eroded from volcanoes

Answer 1

All of the above mentioned options are the examples of lithogenous sediments except siliceous ooze

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Siliceous ooze is not a type of lithogenous sediment rather it is a type of biogenic pelagic sediment. Lithogeneous sediment is a type of sediment come from the land via the river, ice or wind where as the bio genic sediment comes from the organism like planktons which are located on the deep ocean floor and are far away from the land like that of the lithogenous sediments.