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What information can be determined directly by analyzing seafloor drill cores? (Select all that apply.)

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✓The type of sediment on the seafloor.

✓The type of rock on the seafloor.

✓The rate of sediment deposition.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sea drilling cores are one way to get samples that can be used for analysis whereby some information such as type of sediment on the seafloor and type of rock on the seafloor can be known. Surface samplers can be collected from sediment at very top layers or inside deep of the ocean floor. These samples could have animals hidden, , water and some particles that can be analysed in the muddy deep, devices such as Coring devices can be used in collection of cores. The information that can be determined directly by analyzing seafloor drill cores are;

✓The type of sediment on the seafloor.

✓The type of rock on the seafloor.

✓The rate of sediment deposition.

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