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Recycling of graphite during Himalayan erosion: A geological stabilization of carbon in the crust [1]

At geological time scales, the role of continental erosion in the organic carbon (OC) cycle is determined by the balance between recent OC burial and petrogenic OC oxidation. Evaluating its net effect on the concentration of carbon dioxide and dioxygen in the atmosphere requires the fate of petrogenic OC to be assessed.

Publication Date: 
07/11/2008
Valier Galy [2], Olivier Beyssac [3], Christian France-Lanord & et al [4]
Science [5]
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Tags:
Himalaya [6], Indo-Gangetic Plains [7], Rivers [8], Brahmaputra [9], Ganga [10], Sediment Transport [11], Carbon Dioxide [12], Climate Change [13], Carbon Sinks [14]
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