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Rates and mechanisms of mineral carbonation in peridotite: natural processes and recipes for enhanced, in situ CO2 capture and storage

Rates and mechanisms of mineral carbonation in peridotite: natural processes and recipes for enhanced, in situ CO2 capture and storage
Rates and mechanisms of mineral carbonation in peridotite: natural processes and recipes for enhanced, in situ CO2 capture and storage
Near-surface reaction of CO2-bearing fluids with silicate minerals in peridotite and basalt forms solid carbonate minerals. Such processes form abundant veins and travertine deposits, particularly in association with tectonically exposed mantle peridotite. This is important in the global carbon cycle, in weathering, and in understanding physical-chemical interaction during retrograde metamorphism. Enhancing the rate of such reactions is a proposed method for geologic CO2 storage, and perhaps for direct capture of CO2 from near-surface fluids. We review, synthesize, and extend inferences from a variety of sources. We include data from studies on natural peridotite carbonation processes, carbonation kinetics, feedback between permeability and volume change via reaction-driven cracking, and proposed methods for enhancing the rate of natural mineral carbonation via in situ processes (“at the outcrop”) rather than ex situ processes (“at the smokestack”).
0084-6597
545-576
Kelemen, Peter B.
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Matter, Juerg
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Streit, Elisabeth E.
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Rudge, John F.
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Curry, William B.
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Matter, Juerg
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Streit, Elisabeth E.
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Rudge, John F.
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Curry, William B.
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Kelemen, Peter B., Matter, Juerg, Streit, Elisabeth E., Rudge, John F., Curry, William B. and Blusztajn, Jerzy (2011) Rates and mechanisms of mineral carbonation in peridotite: natural processes and recipes for enhanced, in situ CO2 capture and storage. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 39 (1), 545-576. (doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-092010-152509).

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Abstract

Near-surface reaction of CO2-bearing fluids with silicate minerals in peridotite and basalt forms solid carbonate minerals. Such processes form abundant veins and travertine deposits, particularly in association with tectonically exposed mantle peridotite. This is important in the global carbon cycle, in weathering, and in understanding physical-chemical interaction during retrograde metamorphism. Enhancing the rate of such reactions is a proposed method for geologic CO2 storage, and perhaps for direct capture of CO2 from near-surface fluids. We review, synthesize, and extend inferences from a variety of sources. We include data from studies on natural peridotite carbonation processes, carbonation kinetics, feedback between permeability and volume change via reaction-driven cracking, and proposed methods for enhancing the rate of natural mineral carbonation via in situ processes (“at the outcrop”) rather than ex situ processes (“at the smokestack”).

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e-pub ahead of print date: 1 March 2011
Published date: May 2011
Organisations: Geochemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 349445
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/349445
ISSN: 0084-6597
PURE UUID: 14e4d90a-79e6-4a4b-879e-88a9bb1e78f5
ORCID for Juerg Matter: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1070-7371

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:45

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Author: Peter B. Kelemen
Author: Juerg Matter ORCID iD
Author: Elisabeth E. Streit
Author: John F. Rudge
Author: William B. Curry
Author: Jerzy Blusztajn

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