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BILLION TONNES [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Economic Geology
  • Global Pollution
DEF

A metric unit of mass, equal to ... 1 billion metric tons, ... 1 trillion kilograms ...

CONT

... a petagram of carbon (Pg), also known as a gigaton (Gt), is equal to 10^15 grams or one billion tonnes.

Key term(s)
  • billion of tons
  • billion tons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Géologie économique
  • Pollution planétaire
CONT

Le stock terrestre de biomasse est de l'ordre de 2000 Gt (gigatonnes = milliards de tonnes) [...]

OBS

gigatonne = mille millions de tonnes = un milliard de tonnes = mille milliards de kilos.

Spanish

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