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describe the relationship between seafloor sediment thickness and age, with distance from a mid-ocean ridge?

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The closer you travel to the mid-ocean ridge you will be encountering new sediment. The farder you get from the ridge the will begin encountering old sediment. The mid-ocean ridge produces new sediment almost everyday since is a crack across the ocean floor. Hope i helped :)
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