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Global controls in the Phanerozoic sedimentary record
Brouwer, Aart
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Abstract
Large-scale features of the Phanerozoic sedimentary record show a close correspondence with first-order cycles of relative changes of sea-level (Fig. 1). The latter result from changes in the rate of sea-floor spreading, which in its turn reflects the rate of mantle convection. Hence mantle convection initiates a chain of events largely responsible for many features of the sedimentary record (Fig. 2).