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Detrital
The most voluminous of three major components of deep sea sediments, the other two being authigenic and biogenic. Detrital material is derived from the mechanical and chemical fragmentation of continental materials, most of which is in the form of alumino-silicate minerals. It is transported chiefly by rivers into coastal waters and by the wind onto the sea surface.
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