Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

India-Asia collision as a driver of atmospheric CO2 in the Cenozoic

  • Zhengfu Guo,
  • Marjorie Wilson,
  • Donald B. Dingwell,
  • Jiaqi Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23772-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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“Earth degassing is a critical carbon source, but its contribution to Cenozoic atmospheric CO2 variations is not well known. Here, the authors analyse CO2 fluxes on the Tibetan Plateau and suggest that the India-Asia collision was the primary driver of changes in atmospheric CO2 over the past 65 Ma.”