marine sediment

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hemipelagic sediment manganese nodule pelagic sediment turbidite ooze biogenic ooze globigerina ooze radiolarian ooze diatom ooze pteropod 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