Many marine organisms generate calcite and aragonite shells, both

substances containing calcium carbonate. The saturation horizon is the depth

where the ocean is undersaturated with calcite and aragonite (Solomon,
2007) as calcium carbonate is readily dissolved. This undersaturation begins
between 200 m in parts of the high-latitude and the Indian ocean and 3,500
in the Atlantic. Above this depth, the ocean is super-saturated with calcite
and aragonite and a vertical distribution
due to anthropogenic carbons which consequently shift the distribution and
balance of carbon species in the ocean such as carbon dioxide, carbonate,
and bicarbonate.