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GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES,
VOL. 17, NO. 2,
1038,
doi:10.1029/2002GB001891,
2003
Worldwide distribution of continental rock lithology: Implications for the atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake by continental weathering and alkalinity river transport to the oceans
Philippe Amiotte Suchet
Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols,
UMR-INRA/Université de Bourgogne, Centre des Sciences de la Terre,
Dijon,
France
Jean-Luc Probst
Laboratoire des Mécanismes de Tranfert en Géologie,
UMR-CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier,
Toulouse,
France
Wolfgang Ludwig
Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur l'Environnement Marin,
Université de Perpignan,
Perpignan,
France
Abstract
The silicate rock weathering followed by the formation of carbonate rocks in the ocean, transfers CO2 from the atmosphere to the lithosphere. This CO2 uptake plays a major role in the regulation of atmospheric CO2 concentrations at the geologic timescale and is mainly controlled by the chemical properties of rocks. This leads us to develop
the first world lithological map with a grid resolution of 1° × 1°. This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of the six
main rock types by latitude, continents, and ocean drainage basins and for 49 large river basins. Coupling our digital map
with the GEM-CO2 model, we have also calculated the amount of atmospheric/soil CO2 consumed by rock weathering and alkalinity river transport to the ocean. Among all silicate rocks, shales and basalts appear
to have a significant influence on the amount of CO2 uptake by chemical weathering.
Published 30
April
2003.
Index Terms: 1030 Geochemistry: Geochemical cycles (0330); 1060 Geochemistry: Planetary geochemistry (5405, 5410, 5704, 5709, 6005, 6008); 1645 Global Change: Solid Earth; 1886 Hydrology: Weathering (1625).
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Citation: Amiotte Suchet, P., J. Probst, and W. Ludwig
(2003),
Worldwide distribution of continental rock lithology: Implications for the atmospheric/soil CO2 uptake by continental weathering and alkalinity river transport to the oceans,
Global Biogeochem. Cycles,
17(2),
1038,
doi:10.1029/2002GB001891.
Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.
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