Silicate weathering reactions remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in carbonate minerals. During the high atmospheric carbon dioxide conditions of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum, rates of chemical weathering, physical erosion and denudation in the western USA were equivalent to the highest recorded rates in the non-glacial Quaternary.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/elevated-weathering-rates-rocky-mountains-during-early-eocene-climatic-optimum
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-elliot-smith
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alan-r-carroll
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/erich-r-mueller
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-geoscience
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sedimentation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
