What would the thickness of sediments be at a location where the oceanic crust is 4 million years old and the average rate of sedimentation is 1.25 cm/1,000 years?

Which tidal cycle is characterized by two high tides and two low tides of approximately equal size each day? Select the best answer

Match each type of sediment to its source.

What substance do coral polyps create their skeletons from?

Descending air at roughly 30º latitude creates high pressure systems and leads to enhanced evaporation.

What happens to the period of a wave as it transitions from a deep-water wave to a shallow-water wave?

Which of the following samples would you expect to have the lowest density?

Primary productivity increases off the coast of Peru during La Nina events.

Match each type of sediment to its source, or origin.

What is the underlying cause of coastal upwelling?