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Carbon export and burial pathways driven by a low-latitude arc-continent collision
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Thierry Adatte
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Shraddha Band
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
Romain Vaucher
College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4814, Australia
Brahimsamba Bomou
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Laszlo Kocsis
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Pei-Ling Wang
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
Samuel Jaccard
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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Short summary
Our study of late Miocene–early Pleistocene sedimentary records from the Taiwan Western Foreland Basin and the northern South China Sea found that physical erosion of tropical mountain belts by intense monsoon and tropical cyclone precipitation influences carbon burial by: 1) erosion and burial of organic carbon from land, and 2) supplying nutrients that enhance marine photosynthesis. This work links mountain building and erosion in tropical regions directly to carbon storage in nearby oceans.
Our study of late Miocene–early Pleistocene sedimentary records from the Taiwan Western Foreland...