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Marine sediments show great variety: there is the debris from the wearing down of continents, the shells and organic matter derived from organisms, salts precipitated from seawater, and volcanic products such as ash and pumice (Fig. 3.1).
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Seibold, E., Berger, W.H. (1996). Sources and Composition of Marine Sediments. In: The Sea Floor. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03317-3_4
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