Figure 3: Reservoir mineralization and burial in the world’s river basins.
From: Global perturbation of organic carbon cycling by river damming
Mineralization and burial fluxes of OC in reservoirs of the main river basins of the world, for 1970 (a,b), 2000 (c,d) and 2030 GO scenario (e,f), in units of Gmol per year. To estimate the 2030 mineralization fluxes of flooded OC for dams without defined completion dates or completion dates that can be estimated based on start dates (n=2,925), we randomly assigned completion dates to evenly space dam closures over time between 2000 and 2030. The uncertainty associated with this procedure does not substantially affect the 2030 spatial trends.
