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An oscillating trend in Phanerozoic non-skeletal carbonate mineralogy

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Textural and compositional data on ancient ooids and cements suggest the existence of an oscillating Phanerozoic temporal trend in non-skeletal carbonate mineralogy. The trend shows good correlation with eustatic–climatic oscillations proposed by others. The most likely mechanism appears to be plate-tectonically influenced oscillations in PCO2, the vapour pressure of CO2, rather than change in oceanic Mg/Ca ratio.

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