Worldwide distribution of continental rock lithology: Implications for the atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake by continental weathering and alkalinity river transport to the oceans
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The silicate rock weathering followed by the formation of carbonate rocks in the ocean, transfers CO 2 from the atmosphere to the lithosphere. This CO 2 uptake plays a major role in the regulation of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations at the geologic timescale and is mainly controlled by the chemical properties of rocks. This leads us to develop the first world lithological map with a grid resolution of 1° × 1°. This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of the six main rock types by latitude, continents, and ocean drainage basins and for 49 large river basins. Coupling our digital map with the GEM‐CO2 model, we have also calculated the amount of atmospheric/soil CO 2 consumed by rock weathering and alkalinity river transport to the ocean. Among all silicate rocks, shales and basalts appear to have a significant influence on the amount of CO 2 uptake by chemical weathering.
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Approximately 65 % of the continental Earth's surface is covered with sediments and sedimentary rocks.
“Considering that approximately 65 % of the continental Earth's surface is covered with sediments and sedimentary rocks (Amiotte Suchet et al., 2003), a potentially large fraction of soils could contain GOC that contributes to soil OC stocks, even though a large portion might be derived from recent sedimentation processes.”
From Geogenic organic carbon in terrestrial sediments and its contribution to total soil carbon (2021) · cites this paper as Amiotte Suchet et al., 2003
Natural uptake of atmospheric CO2 during silicate weathering in river catchments in the Russian and Canadian arctic and subarctic is estimated to be 4.4-10.3 g CO2/m2/year.
“In contrast, natural uptake of atmospheric CO 2 during silicate weathering in river catchments in the Russian and Canadian arctic and subarctic is estimated to be 4.4-10.3g CO 2 /m 2 /year [48,49].”
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- Authors
- Amiotte Suchet, P., Probst, J., & Ludwig, W.
- Affiliations
- Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols UMR‐INRA/Université de Bourgogne, Centre des Sciences de la Terre Dijon France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Perpignan (FR)
- Venue
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2003-04-30
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 1038-1051
- ISSN
- 0886-6236 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-9224
- OpenAlex
- W1817088834
- Cited by
- 606
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 14.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Open Archive Toulouse Archive Ouverte (University of Toulouse) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Keywords
- silicate weathering, carbonate sequestration, atmospheric CO2 uptake, river basins, shale, basalt, carbon cycle, soil carbon dioxide, ocean alkalinity
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