CO2 and sulfuric acid controls of weathering and river water composition |
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| Authors: | A Lerman L Wu |
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| Institution: | Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA |
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| Abstract: | Reactions of CO2 with carbonate and silicate minerals in continental sediments and upper part of the crystalline crust produce HCO3− in river and ground waters. H2SO4 formed by the oxidation of pyrite and reacting with carbonates may produce CO2 or HCO3−. The ratio, ψ, of atmospheric or soil CO2 consumed in weathering to HCO3− produced depends on the mix of CO2 and H2SO4, and the proportions of the carbonates and silicates in the source rock. An average sediment has a CO2 uptake potential of ψ = 0.61. The potential increases by inclusion of the crystalline crust in the weathering source rock. A mineral dissolution model for an average river gives ψ = 0.68 to 0.72 that is within the range of ψ = 0.63 to 0.75, reported by other investigators using other methods. These results translate into the CO2 weathering flux of 20 to 24 × 1012mol/yr. |
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| Keywords: | Carbon dioxide consumption Mineral weathering Dissolved carbonate production Pyrite oxidation River water composition |
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