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Continental shelf sedimentation is strongly controlled by
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
Siliceous deposits tend to dominate below the carbonate compensation depth because
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
the study of sediments has economic importance because scientists hope to find economically improtant materials there one day
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
What is black gold?
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
Scientists are not exactly sure how ferromanganese and phosphotite nodules form, but they think a bilogicval process may be involved
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
The rate of continental shelf sedimentation is generally ________ the rate of deep ocean sedimentation
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
Coarse particle deposits found on the continental shelf bottom thought to be left from when the sea level are called
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
Deep Ocean sediments tend to have the same particle composition as the surface water above it because
relict sediments
at or below the carbonate compensation depth, calcareous material dissolves as quickly as it accumulates
crude oil
true
the dense fecal pellets of large planktonic organisms carry material to the bottom relatively quickly
faster than
true
tides, waves and currents
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