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Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system

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  • Valier Galy

    (Nancy Université, CRPG CNRS/INSU, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
    Present address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA.)

  • Christian France-Lanord

    (Nancy Université, CRPG CNRS/INSU, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France)

  • Olivier Beyssac

    (ENS Paris, Laboratoire de Géologie, CNRS/INSU, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75005 Paris Cedex 5, France)

  • Pierre Faure

    (Nancy Université, G2R CNRS/INSU, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France)

  • Hermann Kudrass

    (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

  • Fabien Palhol

    (Nancy Université, CRPG CNRS/INSU, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France)

Abstract

A comprehensive organic carbon budget for the Himalayan erosional system is presented, and finds that organic carbon export is controlled by sediment properties and that oxidative loss is negligible during transport and deposition to the ocean. The results indicate that 70 to 85 per cent of the organic carbon is recent organic matter captured during transport, which serves as a net sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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  • Valier Galy & Christian France-Lanord & Olivier Beyssac & Pierre Faure & Hermann Kudrass & Fabien Palhol, 2007. "Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system," Nature, Nature, vol. 450(7168), pages 407-410, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:450:y:2007:i:7168:d:10.1038_nature06273
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06273
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