Carbon dioxide emissions by rock organic carbon oxidation and the net geochemical carbon budget of the Mackenzie River Basin

• Published in: American Journal of Science
• Main Authors: Horan, Kate, Hilton, Robert, Dellinger, Mathieu, Tipper, Ed, Galy, Valier, Calmels, Damien, Selby, David, Gaillardet, Jérôme, Ottley, Chris, Parsons, Daniel, Burton, Kevin
• Other Authors: Durham University, Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Department of Earth Sciences USC Los Angeles, University of Southern California (USC), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Earth Sciences Durham, University of Hull United Kingdom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Liard; Mackenzie River; Tsiigehtchic; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02304778; https://doi.org/10.2475/06.2019.02

International audience The exposure of organic carbon in rocks to oxidative weathering can release carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere and consume atmospheric oxygen. Alongside volcanism, metamorphism, and the weathering of carbonate minerals by sulfuric acid, this is a major source of atmospheri...