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pelagic carbonate accumulation

shallow cool - water carbonate accumulation


CARBONATE
ACCUMULATION shallow warm - water carbonate accumulation
& DISSOLUTION
subaerial dissolution of carbonate sediment

Holocene sea - level rise

first to third order sea - level changes


CONTROLS ON
ACCOMMODATION long - term basin subsidence
SPACE
time - averaged fault - related subsidence

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rates in metres per 1000 years (m/ka) (logarithmic scale) C The Open University

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