According to the search results, the thickness of sediments near the ridge is thinner compared to those far from the ridge/12%3A_Ocean_Sediments/12.06%3A_Sediment_Distribution). This is because sediments are typically laid down in layers, usually in a body of water, and on the seafloor, sediments are thinnest near spreading centers (young seafloor) and thicker away from the ridge, where the seafloor is older and has more time to accumulate. Near mid-ocean ridge systems where new oceanic crust is being formed, sediments are thinner, as they have had less time to accumulate on the younger crust. As you move away from the ridge spreading center, the sediments get progressively thicker, increasing by approximately 100-200 m of sediment for every 1000 km distance from the ridge axis/12%3A_Ocean_Sediments/12.06%3A_Sediment_Distribution).