Caves Rugenstein, J.; et al. (2019): Neogene cooling driven by land surface reactivity rather than increased weathering fluxes
Caves Rugenstein, J.; Ibarra, D.; Blanckenburg, F. von (2019): Neogene cooling driven by land surface reactivity rather than increased weathering fluxes. In: Nature 571 (7763), S. 99–102. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1332-y.
„The long-term cooling, decline in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide, and the establishment of permanent polar ice sheets during the Neogene period have frequently been attributed to increased uplift and erosion of mountains and consequent increases in silicate weathering, which removes atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, geological records of erosion rates are potentially subject to averaging biases, and the magnitude of the increase in weathering fluxes—and even its existence—remain debated. „