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Carbonate Precipitation
Rate of Supply of Carbonate
Rate of Dissolution
Central Equatorial
CCD
Southern
Subtropical CCD
Lysocline
Dissolution
Rate
Subtropical
Supply Rate
Equatorial
Supply Rate
Figure 7.43
Depth profile of the dissolution rate and the rate of supply of carbonate to the oceans.
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Saturation State
Lysocline
CCD
Figure 7.42
Comparisons of the saturation level, the carbonate compensation depth (CCD), and the lysocline at various
latitudes.