rocks become sediment in the oceans inside the earth or on the surface of the earth.
rocks become sediment in the oceans inside the earth or on the surface of the earth.
where do rocks become sediment inside the earth or on the surface of the earth?
in the oceans
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one factor of density is so unique that it warrants its own current type. this is the turbidity current. turbidity current is caused when the density of water is increased by sediment. this current is the underwater equivalent of a landslide. when sediment increases the density of the water, it falls to the bottom, and then follows the form of the land. in doing so, the sediment inside the current gathers more from the ocean bed, which in turn gathers more, and so on. as a limited amount of sediment can be carried by a certain amount of water, more water must become laded with sediment, until a huge, destructive current is washing down some marine hillside. it is theorized that submarine depths, such as the marianas trench have been caused in part by this action. there is one additional effect of turbidity currents: upwelling. all of the water rushing into ocean valleys displaces a significant amount of water. this water literally has nowhere to go but up. the upwelling current goes almost straight up. this spreads the nutrient rich ocean life to the surface, feeding some of the world’s largest fisheries. this current also helps thermohaline currents return to the surface.
subsurface currents