Subarctic Weathering of Mineral Wastes Provides a Sink for Atmospheric CO 2
The mineral waste from some mines has the capacity to trap and store CO2 within secondary carbonate minerals via the process of silicate weathering. Nesquehonite [MgCO3•3H2O] forms by weathering of Mg-silicate minerals in kimberlitic mine tailings at th
Published in: | Environmental Science & Technology |
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31473 https://doi.org/10.1021/es202112y https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/31473/5/es202112yxx.pdf.jpg https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/31473/7/01_Wilson_Subarctic_Weathering_of_2011.pdf.jpg |
Summary: | The mineral waste from some mines has the capacity to trap and store CO2 within secondary carbonate minerals via the process of silicate weathering. Nesquehonite [MgCO3•3H2O] forms by weathering of Mg-silicate minerals in kimberlitic mine tailings at th |
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