Carbon Stores Flashcards
1
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Lithosphere: marine sediments
A
Largest scale
66,000-100,000 million billion
Long term
Thousands-millions of years
2
Q
Lithosphere: soil organic matter
A
Mid scale
1500 billion tons
Mid term
Hundreds of years
3
Q
Lithosphere: fossil fuel deposits
A
Large scale
4000 billion tons
Short term
4
Q
Hydrosphere
A
Large scale
38,000 billion tons
Dynamic term
Up to millions of years
5
Q
Atmosphere
A
Small scale
750 billion tons
Mid term
6
Q
Biosphere
A
Small scale
560 billion tons
Mid term
7
Q
Peatland
A
Small scale
250 billion tons
Long term
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