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Which sediments arrive in the ocean from continents via wind and water?

a. cosmogenous sediments
b. hydrogenous (or authigenic) sediments
c. terrigenous sediments
d. biogenous sediments

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Answer:

C. terrigenous sediments

Step-by-step explanation:

In oceanography, terrigenous sediments are those derived from the erosion of rocks on land; that is, they are derived from terrestrial (as opposed to marine) environments

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