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How do silica levels differ between the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans

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The highest biogenic silica accumulation rates in this area are observed in the South Atlantic, with values as large as 53 cm. kyr−1 during the last 18,000 yr. Further, extensive biogenic silica accumulation has been recorded in the deep-sea sediments of the Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, and Subarctic North Pacific.

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