Slow carbon cycle
Also: long-term carbon-cycle
The slow carbon cycle
The article Understanding the long-term carbon-cycle: weathering of rocks - a vitally important carbon-sink delves into the long-term carbon cycle that involves the interactions of the atmosphere with rocks and oceans over many millions of years.
Article written by John Mason in 2013.
References
All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.