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Marine Sediments
Chapter 5: Marine Sediments
Question | Answer |
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Scale that measures grain size of sediments | Wentworth Scale |
sediment from life | biogenous |
sediment from land | terrigenous |
sediment from space | cosmogenous |
sediment from rock | lithogenous |
sediment from dissolved ions | hydrogenous |
example of hydrogenous sediment | manganese nodules |
shallow-water ooze | calcareous ooze |
increases with distance from source | sediment maturity |
relationship between current velocity and grain size | Huljstrom's Curve |