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The steps required to make a box model of the important reservoirs and fluxes in the global geochemical cycle of carbon dioxide are detailed in a series of equations and diagrams. A summary schematic model is constructed that permits material transfer between various sedimentary reservoirs without changing the CO2 content of the atmosphere or of the ocean. Then the actual present-day reservoirs and fluxes of various carbonates and silicates are presented, and discussed in terms of controls of atmospheric CO2 fluctuation caused by inorganic processes.
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Garrels, R.M., Berner, R.A. (1983). The Global Carbonate-Silicate Sedimentary System — Some Feedback Relations. In: Westbroek, P., de Jong, E.W. (eds) Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7944-4_6
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