An experimental study of forsterite dissolution rates as a function of temperature and aqueous Mg and Si concentrations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 485-494

  Oelkers, Eric H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Arrhenius equation; Dissolution mechanisms; Forsterite dissolution rates

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FORSTERITE; MAGNESIUM; OLIVINE; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035005816     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00352-1     Document Type: Article

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