Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: The global sediment mass-age distribution indicates large variations in the rates \nof carbonate sedimentation through time. The largest mass of carbonate deposited during \nthe entire history of the earth was produced during the Cambrian, possibly following on an \nepisode of phosphogenesis in the Late Precambrian. A second major episode occurred during the Late Devonian, probably reflecting the invasion of land by plants that altered the \nrock-weathering and soil-forming regimes. Other lesser pulses of carbonate deposition occurred \nin the Late Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous. A shift in the locus of carbonate deposition \nfrom shallow waters to the deep sea occurred during the Cretaceous.
Author: William W. Hay
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2525663715