1. How are each type of marine sediments created?
Lithogenous- derived from land.
Biogenous- derived from organisms.
Hydrogenous- derived from water.
Cosmogenous- derived from outer space.
2. Lithogenous- produced by weathering, breaking of rocks into smaller pieces.
Biogenous- visible to naked eye, shells, bones.
Hydrogenous- Minerals precipate directly from seawater, (phosphates, carbonates, metal sulfides.
Cosmogenous- macroscopic meteor debris, microscopic iron , nickel and silicate spherules, (small globular masses).
Sediments Video.
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