Active or passive volcanic zones associated with tectonic plate boundaries. In addition to places with no current volcanic activity, such as the hot springs.
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What is an example of a major degassing as a pulse?
The 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines, part of an island arc created by a subduction zone.
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Where are volcanically active mid-ocean ridges often found?
On growing edges of tectonic plates. Constructive plate boundaries zigzag 37,000 miles across the sea floor.
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Name two other locations that contribute to co2 in the atmosphere?
Kilauea in Hawaii and tectonic collision zone volcanoes like Etna in Sicily.
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Only a small portion of carbon in continental river runoff end up buried in ocean sediments but why is it important?
Important for long term carbon stores with fluxes operating over millennia unlike most territorial systems.
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What is the carbon cycle pump?
The processes operating in oceans to circulate and store carbon. There are three sorts: biological, carbonate and physical.
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What is the thermohaline circulation?
The global system of surface and deep water currents is driven by temperature and salinity differences between areas of oceans.
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What is an example of a major degassing as a pulse?
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The 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines, part of an island arc created by a subduction zone.
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Where are volcanically active mid-ocean ridges often found?
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Name two other locations that contribute to co2 in the atmosphere?
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Only a small portion of carbon in continental river runoff end up buried in ocean sediments but why is it important?
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