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Marine Geology Data

What can you find in marine sediments?

view gif image of a radiolarian.
Radiolaria 		view gif image of a diatom.
Diatoms 		view gif image of ice-rafted sand grains.
Ice-Rafted
Sand Grain 		view gif image of placer grains.
Placer
Deposit 		view gif image of ferromanganese nodules.
Polymetallic
Nodule

The above are just a few of the components found in marine sediment.

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Some interesting links:

A Library of Mud - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Video

Deep Sea Sediments and Microfossils
Dr. Richard Norris, SIO

Sea-floor Sediments Illuminate 53 Million Years of Climate History
National Science Foundation Press Release 09-089

Why is the composition of the sea floor important?

Links to educational sites related to marine geology and geophysics.