What type of marine sediment is derived from igneous rock?

a. terrigenous
b. biogenous
c. hydrogenous
d. cosmogenous
e. calcareous


a

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The proportions of dissolved gases in the ocean are very different from the proportions of the same gases in the

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A cliff along the coast line may be the result of which of the following processes:

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A pluton is an igneous structure that crystallized at very shallow depths.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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