Terrigenous pelagic and hydrogenous.
The three types of ocean floor sediments are.
Besides these three types there is another type cosmogenous sediment but this type of sediment is the rarest.
It is further contoured by strong currents along the continental rise.
The former are derived from the land and brought to the sea by the surface runoff or by rivers.
The three types of ocean floor sediments are terrigenous biogenous and hydrogenous sediments.
Terrigenous pelagic and hydrogenous.
The three types of ocean floor sediments are terrigenous biogenous and hydrogenous sediments.
Types of seafloor sediments seafloor sediment the correct term for dirt may be divided into categories based on the source and type of material.
Terrigenous sediments biogenous sediments.
There are three kinds of sea floor sediment.
These deposits are muddy or clayey and of various types.
Two other types of sediments volcanogenous from volcanoes and cosmogenous from space sometimes are classified as terrigenous sediments.
The ocean floor sediments are primarily of two types viz terrigenous deposits and pelagic deposits.