• Question: How old is the mud you find under the sea?

    Asked by gallopinghorse123 to Kate on 7 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Kate Salmon

      Kate Salmon answered on 7 Mar 2014:


      The mud we find in the sea can vary in age depending on where we take it from and how deep we reach into the earth. Generally, deeper parts of the ocean far away from land have the oldest mud which can be up to 100’s of millions of years old.

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