The Type of Marine Sediment That Forms the Thickest Deposits

question 48

Multiple Choice

The type of marine sediment that forms the thickest deposits world-wide is:

• A) abyssal clay deposits.
• B) manganese nodule deposits.
• C) neritic coarse lithogenous sediment deposits.
• D) neritic siliceous sediment deposits.
• E) pelagic biogenous calcareous deposits.

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