Question

8. As you travel from a spreading center towards a coastline, what happens to the thickness of

sediment on the sea-floor? Explain why.

Answer 1

the sediments get progressively thicker

Step-by-step explanation:

Near mid-ocean ridge systems where new oceanic crust is being formed, sediments are thinner, as they have had less time to accumulate on the younger crust. As you move away from the ridge spreading center the sediments get progressively thicker (see section 4.