Fig. 3. Oceanic crustal CO2 dependence on crustal age and bottom water temperature.

(A) Oceanic crustal CO2 dependence on crustal age and oceanic bottom water temperature (20). (B) Estimated oceanic bottom water temperature through time and geological periods (see Materials and Methods), categorized into five temperature regimes. (C) Relationship between oceanic crustal CO2, crustal age, and bottom water temperature, based on best-fit log-linear relationships (see Materials and Methods).