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Politics : Evolution

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (39484)7/25/2013 12:45:07 AM
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Today, geologists recognize that the rates of geological processes have varied considerably through the history of Earth and that many processes have operated in the past that may not be readily studied today.

Exactly , whats more the changing conditions in the ocean's composition with the great oxygen cycle that starts about 2.4Bil yrs ago then accummulates & builds right up to 850mil yrs ago would be a major influence for rapid change. The atmosphere goes from practically no free oxygen present to rising levels much higher approaching up into the Cambrian.

Surprise surprise, we see no discussion of this?
en.wikipedia.org



O2 build-up in the Earth's atmosphere. Red and green lines represent the range of the estimates while time is measured in billions of years ago (Ga).
Stage 1 (3.85–2.45 Ga): Practically no O2 in the atmosphere.
Stage 2 (2.45–1.85 Ga): O2 produced, but absorbed in oceans & seabed rock.
Stage 3 (1.85–0.85 Ga): O2 starts to gas out of the oceans, but is absorbed by land surfaces.
Stages 4 & 5 (0.85–present): O2 sinks filled and the gas accumulates. [1]
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