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IN my article on the isotopic evolution of the Earth1 the presence of epicontinental seas at numerous times during the past 2 billion yr and the nearly constant thickness of Pre-Cambrian cratons throughout the world, regardless of age, were considered indicative of approximately constant ocean depth, and consequently constant ocean and continental crust volumes throughout geological time. No doubt the limitations imposed by this evidence are inexact and changes of the order of 10 per cent would be permissible, but it seems that the overall impression of constant volume is a permissible premise for discussions of changes in sea level.

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1. Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
   RICHARD LEE ARMSTRONG
2. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520
   RICHARD LEE ARMSTRONG

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ARMSTRONG, R. Control of Sea Level relative to the Continents.Nature 221, 1042–1043 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211042a0

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• Received: 08 January 1969
• Issue date: 15 March 1969
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2211042a0

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