Multiple Choice
What sedimentary process is mainly responsible for the accumulation of up to 9 kilometres of sediment in deep ocean trenches?
A) pelagic, biogenous ooze slowly settling from the top of the water column
B) sunken or subsided coral reefs
C) offshore dumping of unending bargeloads of garbage from major cities
D) turbidity currents and submarine landslides from the continental slope and trench walls
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