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Knowledge of the rates of geological processes is an important aspect of basin modeling. Much of the surficial geology of the Earth is the result of erosion and deposition of sediment. Inspection of the inventory of sediments and sedimentary rocks existing today indicates that the global rates of these processes have changed markedly during the Phanerozoic.
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Hay, W.W., Wold, C.N., Söding, E., Floegel, S. (2001). Evolution of Sediment Fluxes and Ocean Salinity. In: Merriam, D.F., Davis, J.C. (eds) Geologic Modeling and Simulation. Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1359-9_9
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