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

Daniel J Conley1, Patrick Frings2,3, Guillaume Fontorbe2, Wim Clymans2,4, Johanna Stadmark2, K Hendry5, Alan Marron6 and Christina L De La Rocha7, (1)Lund University, Department of Geology, Lund, Sweden, (2)Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (3)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Earth Surface Geochemistry, Potsdam, Germany, (4)Earthwatch Institute, United Kingdom, (5)NERC, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (6)University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, (7)Lund University, Sweden