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ale4655 [162]
2 years ago
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what are the three main types of seafloor sediment and what are the factors that control their distributoin

Geography
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mars1129 [50]2 years ago
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There are three kinds of sea floor sediment: terrigenous, pelagic, and hydrogenous. Terrigenous sediment is derived from land and usually deposited on the continental shelf, continental rise, and abyssal plain. It is further contoured by strong currents along the continental rise.
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