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The phosphorous sinks are the ocean and ocean sediments.

The ocean holds $3 \times 10^{15}$ moles of phosphorous.

The annual amount of phosphorous input into the ocean, and well as the amount of burial of phosphorous as sediment is on the order of $10^{10}$ moles.

See Phosphorous Accumulation in Marine Sediments and the Oceanic Phosphorous Cycle for a detailed analysis.

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