The lithosphere

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  • Lithosphere
    • It is the solid outer section of the Earth, including the crust, as well as the upper part of the mantle.
    • The lithosphere is made up of tectonic plates
      • If rock is sub ducted it will melt and relase carbon into the atmosphere
    • Carbon in the lithosphere is stored in the soil in the form of organic and inorganic carbon.
      • Carbon can leave soil through soil respiration or by erosion.
        • Which is carried into rivers or oceans and enters the hydrosphere.
    • Once the organics become lithified, they become crude oil or gas (fossil fuels)
      • They are highly stable and remain in the lithosphere for many years.
    • Lithosphere -> atmosphere = burning fossil fuels
    • Carbon is stored in the soil and in sedimentary rock in the form of calciferous rock (limestone)

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