An ancient carbon release resulted in widespread dissolution of carbonates at the sea floor. Numerical simulations suggest that the pattern of dissolution can be explained by a top-down invasion of corrosive bottom waters from the North Atlantic.
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Schaller, M. Corrosive circulation. Nature Geosci 8, 429–430 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2446
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