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Questions:
1. Why don't the oceans have more sediment in them? Where does it all
go? Earth is 4.6 billion years old and the oceans should have more
sediment in them.
2. Salt composition of the oceans has not changed for the last 1.5 billion
years. Explain why?
Marine Sedimentation
younger
up
older
Sediments in the Sea
SiO2 CaCO3
Tiny animals with calcite shells (CaCO3)
Coccoliths
SiO2
Radiolaria
Silica Sedimentation
1) latitude
2) distance from landmasses
3) CCD (carbonate compensation depth)