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Generally where do areas of thickest sediment occur?

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Sediments are also much thickest near continents. - Sediment layers are thickest near the continents, the source of lithogenous material, and thinner farther out to sea. ... - Land areas highest above sea level have the fastest erosion, and the sea floor near mountains will have the most rapid sediment accumulation.

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