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From: "Stein A. Stromme" <stromme@mi.uib.no>
To: "glenn morton" <mortongr@flash.net>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: Atmospheres
> [glenn morton]
>
> | I have been doing some research into the composition of the ancient
> | atmospheres.
>
> Glenn, as always, your posts are very interesting. In particular, I
> take the opportunity to thank you for the Waco conference notes.
>
> Perhaps you (or someone else on the list) know answers to the
> following questions about the carbon cycle:
>
> How much carbon is there on earth? How is it distributed between CO2
> in atmosphere and oceans, biomass in ocean and on land, fossil fuels,
> and other forms? Can one quantify the fluctuations and flows between
> these forms? And, as your expressed interest above indicates, the
> history?
While kind of old, there is an article on the carbon cycle in the Sept. 1970
Scientific American.
As to the distribution of carbon in the biosphere this also is an old source
I have. The main change to this over the years is the discovery of bacteria
deep in the earth whose mass might outweigh that of above ground life. I
can't find it right now but I think there are 10-100 times more living
matter in bacteria below the ground than above. This would multiply the
living things category by that amount.
petroleum nonreservoir 200 x 10^18 g carbon
Petroleum reservoir 1 x 10^18 g carbon
Coal 15 x 10^18 g carbon
Carbonate rocks 51,000 x 10^18 g carbon
living things .3 x 10^18 g carbon
J.M. Hunt, "Distribution of Carbon in Crust of Earth," Bull. AAPG, Nov.
1972, p. 2273-2277. p.2274
glenn
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