Cerling and Quade, 1993. Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in soil carbonates
Anthropogenic CO2
Carbonate solution chemistry CaCO3 + H2O + CO2 Ca2+ + 2HCO3-
Romanek, Grossman, and Morse, 1992 Faure and Mensing
Biological Carbon Pump
Diagenesis
Diagenesis
Paleo-CO2 proxy?
d13C of terrestrial carbonates in equilibrium with various carbon sources Final d13C value is a result of mixing of the four various reservoirs Dominated by Soil-respired CO2 and hence vegetation type contributing OM to soils
Dorale et al. 1998. Science, Vol 282, Issue 5395, 1871-1874
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Bradley, 1999. Paleoclimatology
Bradley, 1999. Paleoclimatology
From: Koch, P.L., 1998. Ann. Rev. Earth Plan. Sci., 26: 573-613
From: Koch, P.L., 1998. Ann. Rev. Earth Plan. Sci., 26: 573-613
From: Koch, P.L., 1998. Ann. Rev. Earth Plan. Sci., 26: 573-613
Evolution of horses and C4 vegetation