REVIEW & COMMENT | Calcium Carbonate Sedimentation in the Global Ocean: Linkages Between the Neritic and Pelagic Environments

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John D. Milliman | School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt, VA, USA

André W. Droxler | Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

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Other than fluvial sediment, calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is the greatest source of sediment in the present-day ocean. Interest in carbonate sedimentation extends beyond geologists because the carbonate system involves biologic and geochemical processes. Carbonate production, for example, releases CO2 but its accumulation becomes a major sink for inorganic carbon.

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Citation

Milliman, J.D., and A.W. Droxler. 1995. Calcium carbonate sedimentation in the global ocean: Linkages between the neritic and pelagic environments. Oceanography 8(3):92–94, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1995.04.

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