RE: NOVA / FRONTLINE

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

It's been quite a while since Marine Chemistry, but as I recall it, this
capture cycle takes a long time.  I don't recall all the processes, but I do
recall that calcium carbonate is mainly taken up by foraminifers near the
surface and it redissolves in the water below a certain depth.

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.

On Wednesday, April 19, 2000 1:44 PM, Bjorn Cedervall
[SMTP:bcradsafers@hotmail.com] wrote:
> The large deposit/sink is the deep oceans in the form of carbonates - I 
> doubt that land life has to swallow all that (if you are having Venus in 
> mind - remember that it is much warmer/hotter there).
> 

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