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