Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle

RG Hilton, AJ West - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mountain building results in high erosion rates and the interaction of rocks with the
atmosphere, water and life. Carbon transfers that result from increased erosion could control …

Resolving controversies surrounding carbon sinks from carbonate weathering

X Bai, S Zhang, P Smith, C Li, L **ong, C Du… - Science China Earth …, 2024‏ - Springer
The importance of carbonate weathering carbon sinks (CCSs) is almost equal to that of
vegetation photosynthesis in the global carbon cycle. However, CCSs have become …

Recent trends in the chemistry of major northern rivers signal widespread Arctic change

SE Tank, JW McClelland, RGM Spencer… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Rivers integrate processes occurring throughout their watersheds and are therefore
sentinels of change across broad spatial scales. River chemistry also regulates ecosystem …

[ספר][B] Stable isotope geochemistry

J Hoefs, J Hoefs - 2009‏ - Springer
The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

Neogene cooling driven by land surface reactivity rather than increased weathering fluxes

JK Caves Rugenstein, DE Ibarra, F von Blanckenburg - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
The long-term cooling, decline in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide, and the
establishment of permanent polar ice sheets during the Neogene period, have frequently …

Co-variation of silicate, carbonate and sulfide weathering drives CO2 release with erosion

A Bufe, N Hovius, R Emberson, JKC Rugenstein… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Global climate is thought to be modulated by the supply of minerals to Earth's surface.
Whereas silicate weathering removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere …

Claypool continued: Extending the isotopic record of sedimentary sulfate

PW Crockford, M Kunzmann, A Bekker, J Hayles… - Chemical …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Proterozoic Eon spans Earth's middle age during which many important
transitions occurred. These transitions include the oxygenation of the atmosphere …

Deep abiotic weathering of pyrite

X Gu, PJ Heaney, FDAA Reis, SL Brantley - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Oxidative weathering of pyrite, the most abundant sulfide mineral in Earth's
crust, is coupled to the biogeochemical cycles of sulfur, oxygen, carbon, and iron. Pyrite …

Unique Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursions sustained by coupled evaporite dissolution and pyrite burial

GA Shields, BJW Mills, M Zhu, TD Raub, SJ Daines… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The Neoproterozoic era witnessed a succession of biological innovations that culminated in
diverse animal body plans and behaviours during the Ediacaran–Cambrian radiations …

Landscape matters: Predicting the biogeochemical effects of permafrost thaw on aquatic networks with a state factor approach

SE Tank, JE Vonk, MA Walvoord… - Permafrost and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Permafrost thaw has been widely observed to alter the biogeochemistry of recipient aquatic
ecosystems. However, research from various regions has shown considerable variation in …