1. In regions of the seafloor below the Carbonate (Calcite) Compensation Depth (

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1. In regions of the seafloor below the Carbonate (Calcite) Compensation Depth (CCD) and without an influx of lithogenous sediment, you would expect to find:

a. Carbonate (calcareous) ooze deposition

b. Pelagic (abyssal) clay (mud) deposition.

c. Manganese nodules.

d. Siliceous ooze deposition.

2. In regions of the seafloor above the Carbonate (Calcite) Compensation Depth (CCD) and without an influx of lithogenous sediment, you would expect to find:

a. Carbonate (calcareous) ooze deposition.

b. Pelagic (abyssal) clay (mud) deposition.

c. Manganese nodules.

d. Siliceous ooze deposition.

3. Beneath the carbonate (calcite) compensation depth (CCD) there will be no:

a. Carbonate (calcareous) ooze deposition.

b. Pelagic (abyssal) clay (mud) deposition.

c. Manganese nodules.

d. Siliceous ooze deposition.

4. Turbidite deposits are: a. normally graded.

b. Composed of lithogenous sediment.

c. Found in deep-sea fans.

d. All of the above.

e. None of the above.

5. In regions of the seafloor below the Carbonate (Calcite) Compensation Depth (CCD) and with high sediment influx from windblown dust you would expect to find: a. Carbonate (calcareous) ooze deposition.

b. Pelagic (abyssal) clay (mud) deposition.

c. Manganese nodules.

d. Siliceous ooze deposition.

Explanation / Answer

1) b

2) a

3) a

4) b

5) d

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