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The accumulation of minerals and organic remains on the sea floor. Marine sediments vary widely in composition and physical characteristics as a...


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Figure 1. Shoal water sediments as examples of sedimentation without supply of land-derived sediment. (a) The Bahamas. (b) The Gulf of Batabano,...
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Figure 10. Global organic carbon cycles. DOC = dissolved organic carbon; POC = particulate organic carbon. °F = (°C × 1.8) + 32; 1 m = 3.3 ft.
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Figure 11. Processes of change in marine sediments. (After B. P. Tissot and D. H. Welte, Petroleum Formation and Occurrence, Springer-Verlag, 1978)
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