Feldspar dissolution kinetics and Gibbs free energy dependence in a CO2-enriched groundwater system, Green River, Utah

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 473-488

  Kampman, Niko ^a   Bickle, Mike ^a   Becker, John ^a   Assayag, Nelly ^a   Chapman, Hazel ^a  

^a Dept Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; feldspar dissolution; Gibbs free energy; Green River; kinetics; Navajo Sandstone

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; COLORADO PLATEAU; CONTROLLING MECHANISM; DISSOLUTION RATES; ELEVATED CO; EXPERIMENTAL FLUIDS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAULT SEAL; FELDSPAR DISSOLUTION; FIELD SCALE; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID REACTION; GEOLOGICAL RESERVOIRS; GREEN RIVER; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; JURASSIC; K-FELDSPAR; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MASS BALANCE; MINERAL REACTIONS; MINERAL SURFACES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; NAVAJO SANDSTONE; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STATE;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; FLUIDS; FORESTRY; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REACTION RATES; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE REACTIONS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

MINERALS;

ACCUMULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY MINERAL; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAKAGE; MASS BALANCE; PLAGIOCLASE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; RESERVOIR; RIVER SYSTEM; SATURATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 67650566886     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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