<p>As in, does the debris in the patch area eventually sink?</p>

<p>And if so, could sedimentation measurements over these regions provide a more fine-scaled measure of environmental conditions than sedimentation measurements over other regions?</p>

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Does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch increase sedimentation rates over the patch?
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# Does the Great Pacific Garbage Patch increase sedimentation rates over the patch?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-26)

As in, does the debris in the patch area eventually sink?

And if so, could sedimentation measurements over these regions provide a more fine-scaled measure of environmental conditions than sedimentation measurements over other regions?

**Tags:** ocean, sedimentology, pollution

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> **username_1**: http://guardianlv.com/2014/06/evolution-of-geology-the-plastic-rock/  

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