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Chapter 5: The Biogeochemical Cycles

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Chemical Reactions<br />

• Chemicals in the four major components<br />

have three different average storage times<br />

– Long in rocks<br />

– Short in the atmosphere<br />

– Intermediate in the hydrosphere and biosphere

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