The hydromagnesite playas of Atlin, British Columbia, Canada: A biogeochemical model for CO2 sequestration

Chemical Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 286-300

  Power, Ian M ^a   Wilson, Sasha ^b   Thom, James M ^b   Dipple, Gregory M ^b   Gabites, Janet E ^b   Southam, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon dioxide sequestration; Hydromagnesite; Magnesite; Mineral carbonation

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNESITE; MINERALOGY; PLAYA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECHARGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINITE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLIN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 60949110770     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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