Paper 318 of 383
Published June 1, 2026
Some geological regions participate in a wide variety of Earth-system processes.
Others participate in relatively few.
Participation may include structural evolution, basin development, resource accumulation, tectonic interaction, deformation histories, sediment routing, and regional transitions.
This paper proposes an Earth-System Participation Index as a framework for comparing geological involvement across multiple domains.
The importance of a geological region may be estimated through the breadth and duration of its participation in Earth-system processes.
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