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The global carbon reservoir amounts to about 106 × 1015 t carbon and is distributed to over 80% in carbonate rocks. The remainder is made up of inorganically bound carbon on land and in the sea and carbon bound in organic matter (living organisms, plant and animal corpses), as well as gaseous CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Pfanz, H. (2023). Geological-Volcanological Basics. In: Cold Breath of Dormant Volcanoes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65375-3_4
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