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Science, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, microbiology, plate tectonics, Tectonic Fractures, microfractures, mountain building, climate, earth system, earth surface, plants, soil, rock, water, groundwater, rock fractures, erosion, weathering, Critical Zone, CO2, Organic Carbon, Deep Biosphere, Microbes, Bacteria, Iron Oxidation, Mineral, Nutrient, Andes, Pacific, GFZ Potsdam, Alexander von Humboldt
Abstract:
During weathering of the deep rocks, many actors act together. This is a property characteristic of the entire “Earth system”. For example, fractures open up, through which water flows that carries carbon and reagants with it from above. New minerals are formed and open up further fractures. Large fractures are also a gateway for microbes from above. They multiply at depths where there is carbon and iron is oxidised. The explorer Alexander von Humboldt stated “Everything is interaction”. Under and on the earth. In our example, soil is created.
