Flysch consists of repeated sedimentary cycles with upwards shale / mudstone.
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The first major change to global sedimentary cycling happened when humans started clearing land to grow crops.
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The largest of these sedimentary cycles can in some cases be correlated around the world with great confidence.
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This results in sedimentary cycles which in some cases can be correlated around the world with great confidence.
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An irregular rhythm is discernible, each sedimentary cycle is well developed and have banded or stippled beds at the base.
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For thousands of years there were too few dams to have a significant impact on global sedimentary cycles, except for local impacts on a few river deltas such as the Nile which were significant.
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Smaller and localised sedimentary cycles are not related to worldwide ( eustatic ) sea level changes but more to the supply of sediment to the adjacent regression, if the water depth is decreasing, the shoreline migrates seaward ( basinward ) and the previous shoreline is eroded.