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Oceanic Silica. Christine Gammans Andrew McCauley. <http :// media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/68/6568-004-D17E7FAC.gif>. Inputs and Outputs. Residence Time ~400 years for surface waters ~15,000 years as a whole ocean Reservoir Volume 2.8 x 10 15 kg.
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Oceanic Silica Christine Gammans Andrew McCauley
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Residence Time ~400 years for surface waters ~15,000 years as a whole ocean Reservoir Volume 2.8 x 1015 kg Si flux in Tmol/year. (Treguer et al. 1995, fig. 1)
Concentrations of silicic acid across the world’s oceans, measured in μM. (Ragueneau et al. 2000, fig. 6)