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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