Carbonate Capacitor (IMAGE)

Rice University

Carbonate Capacitor

Caption

This diagram illustrates how fluctuations between continental-arc states and island-arc states could lead to episodic deposition and purging of carbon dioxide in Earth's continental crust.

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C. Lee/Rice University

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