Abstract:SUMMARY
Gravitational compaction of thick (2–10 km) sediment accumulations in sedimentary basins is controlled by the interplay of mechanical and chemical processes that operate over many orders of magnitude in spatial scale. The compaction of sediments into rock typically involves a density increase of ≈500 to 1000 kg m−3, occurring over a depth-scale of several kilometres. The volume decrease in the compacting sediments releases vast volumes of water, which plays an important part in the globa… Show more
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