Global sedimentation rates have changed significantly over the last billion years.
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Geological evidence confirms that global sedimentation rates and weathering dynamics have shifted dramatically over the last billion years due to tectonic and environmental evolution.
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Reconciling Archean organic-rich mudrocks with low primary productivity before the Great Oxygenation Event.
2025 · cited by 4
This study contrasts Archean sedimentation rates (~1 m/Ma) with Phanerozoic sedimentation rates (10 to 100 m/Ma), demonstrating significant changes over billions of years.
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Long-term history of continental weathering and particle transport to the sea.
2025 · cited by 0
This paper outlines a dramatic shift in weathering and particle transport dynamics around 650 Mya driven by the onset of modern subduction and mountain building, directly affecting sedimentation.