There are four types of marine sediments: lithogenous, biogenous, hydrogenous, and cosmogenous. They vary in composition, sources and primary locations.
Lithogenous sediments are derived from land, while rain, rivers or glaciers erode the continents.
Biogenous sediments come from the solid parts of dead animals that settle onto the ocean floor.
Hydrogenous sediments accumulate from dissolved materials in water.
Cosmogenous sediments have extraterrestrial sources such as meteors and space dust.
Lithogenous sediments are derived from land, while rain, rivers or glaciers erode the continents.
Biogenous sediments come from the solid parts of dead animals that settle onto the ocean floor.
Hydrogenous sediments accumulate from dissolved materials in water.
Cosmogenous sediments have extraterrestrial sources such as meteors and space dust.