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The burial and accumulation of carbon in the bottom sediments represents the final link in its turnover in the upper part of the biosphere. Subsequently to this stage, carbon is transformed within the geological cycling (katagenesis, metamorphism) and tens million of years pass before its reimbursement back to the upper spheres of the earth, ocean, and atmosphere.
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Vetrov, A.A., Romankevich, E.A. (2004). Carbon in the Bottom Sediments. In: Carbon Cycle in the Russian Arctic Seas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06208-1_6
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