The Earth's long-term silica cycle is intimately linked to weathering rates and biogenic uptake. Changes in weathering rates and the retention of silica on land have altered silica availability in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years.
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Conley, D., Carey, J. Silica cycling over geologic time. Nature Geosci 8, 431–432 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2454
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