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Sediment

Appears in 4 processs and 4 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Ocean carbon exchange and burial

1 step

Carbon is buried in seafloor sediment

Water infiltration, retention and movement

1 step

Surface runoff carries water, sediment and organic matter off the site

Phosphorus cycling

1 step

Phosphorus settles and is buried in ocean and lake sediments

Soil export to rivers and ocean: sediment, dissolved carbon and nutrients

1 step

Part of the eroded soil carbon is buried in floodplains, reservoirs and coastal sediment instead of respired (about 0.12 Gt C per year sink)

Often found with

Organic carbon 2 Soil organic matter 2 Phosphorus 2 Foraminifera 1 Coccolithophores 1 Calcium carbonate 1 Overland flow 1 Water 1 Nitrogen 1 Iron oxides 1 Soil organic matter 1 Carbon 1

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