TABLE 4.4 AVERAGE RATES OF DEPOSITION OF SELECTED MARINE SEDIMENTS Thickness of deposit after 1000 y ears Type of sediment/deposit Average rate of deposition (per 1000 years) equivalent to... Coarse lithogenous sediment, neritic deposit 1 meter (3.3 feet) A meter stick Biogenous ooze, pelagic deposit 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) The diameter of a dime Abyssal clay, pelagic deposit 1 millimeter (0.04 inch) The thickness of a dime Manganese nodule, pelagic deposit 0.001 millimeter (0.00004 inch) A microscopic dust particle
TABLE 4.4 AVERAGE RATES OF DEPOSITION OF SELECTED MARINE SEDIMENTS Thickness of deposit after 1000 y ears Type of sediment/deposit Average rate of deposition (per 1000 years) equivalent to... Coarse lithogenous sediment, neritic deposit 1 meter (3.3 feet) A meter stick Biogenous ooze, pelagic deposit 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) The diameter of a dime Abyssal clay, pelagic deposit 1 millimeter (0.04 inch) The thickness of a dime Manganese nodule, pelagic deposit 0.001 millimeter (0.00004 inch) A microscopic dust particle
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Using the depositional rates shown in Table 4.4, how long would it take to make a deposit 1 meter (3.3 feet) thick of biogenous ooze? A deposit 1 meter (3.3 feet) thick of abyssal clay? |

Transcribed Image Text:TABLE 4.4 AVERAGE RATES OF DEPOSITION OF SELECTED MARINE SEDIMENTS
Thickness of deposit after 1000 y ears
Type of sediment/deposit
Average rate of deposition (per 1000 years)
equivalent to...
Coarse lithogenous sediment, neritic deposit
1 meter (3.3 feet)
A meter stick
Biogenous ooze, pelagic deposit
1 centimeter (0.4 inch)
The diameter of a dime
Abyssal clay, pelagic deposit
1 millimeter (0.04 inch)
The thickness of a dime
Manganese nodule, pelagic deposit
0.001 millimeter (0.00004 inch)
A microscopic dust particle
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