Biosilicification Drives a Decline of Dissolved Si in the Oceans Through Geologic Time

Daniel J Conley1, Patrick Frings1,2, Guillaume Fontorbe1, Wim Clymans1,3, Johanna Stadmark1, K Hendry4, Alan Marron5 and Christina L De La Rocha6, (1)Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (2)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Earth Surface Geochemistry, Potsdam, Germany, (3)Earthwatch Institute, United Kingdom, (4)University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, (5)University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, (6)Lund University, Sweden