The rule of release of carbon and heavy metals during weathering of rocks—A preliminary study |
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| Authors: | Piao Hechun Yuan Zhiyun Hong Yetang |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, China |
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| Abstract: | Release of carbon from rocks during their weathering is closely linked to its global circulation. The contents and chemical
forms of inorganic carbon in limestone, mudstone, granite and basalt as well as in their weathering and pedogenic products
have been examined. The results show that a geochemical process of carbon release from the rocks in the early stage of weathering
is followed by its accumulation in the subsequent weathering products.
The environmental geochemical behavior of some heavy metals related to inorganic carbon release and its accumulation are also
studied in this paper. Experimental results show that the capacity of manganese to associate with carbonates increases with
increasing concentrations of the latter, but the behavior of copper is opposite to that of manganese.
Translated by Chen Mingzhong, Chengdu Library, Academia Sinica. |
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