Marine sediments

A. Terms that should mean something to you
Related words are grouped together

Types of marine sediments[ 348-349 ] Hydrogenous [ 348-349 ] Biogenous [ lecture ] Terrigenous [ lecture ] Cosmogenous [ lecture ]	Shell-bearing plankton found in open ocean sediments[ 419 ] Diatoms [ 336 ] Radiolarians [ 354-355, 416-418 ] Coccolithophores [ 416 ] Foraminifera [ lecture ] Calcium carbonate sediments [ lecture ] Opal (siliceous) sediments [ lecture ]	Pelagic sediments [ 349 ] Neritic sediments [ 350-351 ] Nodule [ 355-364, 367-372 ] Carbonate ooze [ 355-364, 367-372 ] Chalk [ 355-364, 367-372 ] Limestone [ 355-364, 367-372 ] Lithification [ 355-364, 367-372 ] Microtektie [ 355-364, 367-372 ]
Sedimentation rate [ 355+ ] Sediment accumulation rate [ 365+ ] Productivity [ lecture ] Preservation [ 433 ] CCD [ 433 ] Sediment history [ 433 ]	Deep sea drilling [ 355+ ] History of glacials on earth [ 365+ ] Oxygen isotopes [ lecture ] Ice core CO2 record [ 433 ] Atmospheric CO2 record [ 433 ] Coral isotopes [ 433 ] Environmental interpretation [ 433 ]

B. Questions you should be able to answer
1. How can aspects of the earth's history be derived from marine sediments?
2. What are the four main types of marine sediments?
3. What is the significance of the CCD?
4. What is the difference between sedimentation rate and sediment accumulation rate?
5. What are the two factors that set sediment accumulation rate?
6. What can marine microfossils tell us about past climate?
7. What are difficulties associated with interpretation of fossil assemblages?
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marine and terrestrial sediments to interpret earth history?

C. On the web
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E. Notes and diagrams