Four oceans are at least partially located in the Western Hemisphere: the Arctic (which encases the Arctic Circle at the northernmost points of the world), the Southern Ocean (which surrounds Antarctica at the southernmost points of the world), the Atlantic Ocean (which separates North and South America from Europe and Africa), and the Pacific.
The only ocean that is located entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere is the Indian Ocean.
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Sediments are typically laid down in layers, or strata, usually in a body of water. On the seafloor, sediments are thinnest near spreading centers (young seafloor) and thicker away from the ridge, where the seafloor is older and has more time to accumulate. Sediments are also much thickest near continents.
It could be because of a earthquake, which is formed when two of earth's plates crash into each other