Evidence in support of first-order dissolution kinetics of calcite in seawater

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 317-327

  Hales, Burke ^a   Emerson, Steve ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Kinetics; Sea water; Solution

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCITE DISSOLUTION; CHEMICAL KINETICS; DISSOLUTION; REACTION KINETICS; SEAWATER; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030836406     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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