marine sediment: Quick Facts

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pelagic sediment hemipelagic sediment manganese nodule turbidite ooze biogenic ooze pteropod ooze globigerina ooze radiolarian ooze calcareous ooze terrigenous sediment authigenic sediment turbidity current submarine slump colluvium biolith sedimentary rock oceanic ridge deep-sea trench submarine canyon

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Maurice Ewing

American geophysicist