Question: what is the magnesium cycle?
Answer: Introduction. The oceanic magnesium cycle is primarily a balance between weathering on land, high- and low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of the basaltic oceanic lithosphere, and formation of sedimentary carbonates and aluminosilicates1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17.