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                                    TABLE 1
Trial Balance: Annual Carbon sinks Gt/C/yr. Measured or measured/estimated 
            data only, entries in Gt   1 Gt = 1 x 109 t
          Partition                min       max       median or
          (uptake)                                     estimate
          Global deep ocean       (Sundquist 1985)
          particulate C flux
          from surface             1.6       7.3       4.45
          Marine organic          (Sundquist 1985)
          burial (shelves)         0.0063    0.75      0.378
          Marine dissolved                                  (Tans et al 1990)
          inorganic                1.0       2.8       1.9* (Quay et al 1992)
          Carbonate burial        (Sundquist 1985)
          shelves overall 
          (0.072 min 0.48 max)
          minus reefs 0.11    
                                   0.0       0.37      0.18        
          Carbonate coral reefs    0.11      0.11      0.11 (Kinsey 1991)
          Deep oceans marine      (Sundquist 1985)
          carbonate flux from
          surface                  0.42      1.18      0.75
          Global peat              0.277     0.42      0.348
                        (this paper, Euroconsult 1984, Adams et.al. 1990)
          Soils                    0.0       0.4            (Schlisinger 1990)
          (subtract 50% for                                    without
          double counting with                                 counting
          peat)                                        0.2     marine
          Terrestrial vegetation                               dissolved
          ..assumed in balance.... + = - .................     inorganic
          Fresh water                                  0.8  (Hall 1989)    
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          Total sink               3.412    13.08      8.710   6.81*
          Median sink                   9.66                   6.35
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          Volcanic/ (Malling 1991, Gerlach 1991) 
          geological discharges    0.2       0.5       0.35    0.35
Anthropogenic addition  (for 1990, approximately)      10.00   10.00
(6.0 fossil fuel, 3.0Gt biomass burn, 1 Gt soil rel.)--------------
Total addition                                        10.35   10.35
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0.4% annual increase of 752 Gt C in atmosphere 
(353 ppmv CO2)                                         3.30   3.30
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Difference, Total addition - Total sink  (10.35-8.71)  1.64    3.54
Difference, Total addition - Median sink (10.35-9.66)  0.69    4.00
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