A simple model of reaction-induced cracking applied to serpentinization and carbonation of peridotite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 215-227

  Rudge, John F ^a,b   Kelemen, Peter B ^b   Spiegelman, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

carbon capture; fracture mechanics; reaction diffusion; weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FORCED FLUID FLOW; HYDRO-FRACTURE; KEY CONTROL; NATURAL SYSTEMS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REACTION DIFFUSION; SERPENTINIZATION; SIMPLE MODEL; VOLUME CHANGE; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEATHERING RATES;

CARBONATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FEEDBACK; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEATING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RANGE FINDING; REACTION RATES; SOIL MECHANICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DIFFUSION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERIDOTITE; REACTION KINETICS; SERPENTINIZATION; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 75949098150     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Aharonov E., Tenthorey E., and Scholz C.H. Precipitation sealing and diagensis 2. Theoretical analysis. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 23969-23981 10.1029/98JB02230
2. Akbulut M., Piskin O., and Karayigit A.I. The genesis of the carbonatized and silicified ultramafics known as listvenites: a case study from the Mihaliccik region (Eskisehir), NW Turkey. Geol. J. 41 (2006) 557-580 10.1002/gj.1058
3. Alt J.C., and Teagle D.A.H. The uptake of carbon during alteration of oceanic crust. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 (1999) 1527-1535 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00123-4
4. 2-rich brine through peridotites. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (2009) 1226-1231 10.1021/es8018429
5. Auclair M., Gauthier M., Trottier J., Jébrak M., and Chartrand F. Mineralogy, geochemistry, and paragenesis of the Eastern Metals serpentinite-associated Ni-Cu-Zn deposit, Quebec Appalachians. Econ. Geol. 88 (1993) 123-138 10.2113/gsecongeo.88.1.123
6. {ring operator}N. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 5 (2004) Q09F26 10.1029/2004GC000744
7. Barnes I., and O'Neil J.R. Relationship between fluids in some fresh alpine-type ultramafics and possible modern serpentinization, western United States. GSA Bull. 80 (1969) 1947-1960 10.1130/0016-7606(1969) 80[1947:TRBFIS]2.0.CO;2
8. Barnes I., LaMarche V.C., and Himmelberg G. Geochemical evidence of present-day serpentinization. Science 156 (1967) 830-832 10.1126/science.156.3776.830
9. Bartetzko A. Effect of hydrothermal ridge flank alteration on the in situ physical properties of oceanic crust. J. Geophys. Res. 110 (2005) B06203 10.1029/2004JB003228
10. Becker K., and Davies E. New evidence for age variation and scale effects of permeabilities of young oceanic crust from borehole thermal and pressure measurements. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 210 (2003) 499-508 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00160-2
11. Boeck T., Bahr H.A., Lampenscherf S., and Bahr U. Self-driven propagation of crack arrays: a stationary two-dimensional model. Phys. Rev. E 59 (1999) 1408-1416 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.1408
12. Brace W.F. Permeability from resistivity and pore shape. Geophys. Res. Lett. 82 (1977) 3343-3349
13. 3 and high-pH, CaOH spring waters of the Genova province, Italy. Appl. Geochem. 17 (2002) 455-474 10.1016/S0883-2927(01)00113-5
14. Chizmeshya A.V.G., McKelvy M.J., Squires K., Carpenter R.W., and Béarat H. DOE Final Report 924162. A novel approach to mineral carbonation: Enhancing carbonation while avoiding mineral pretreatment process cost. Tech. rep., Tempe, AZ, Arizona State University (2007)
15. Correns C.W. Growth and dissolution of crystals under linear pressure. Discuss. Faraday Soc. 5 (1949) 267-271
16. Correns C.W., and Steinborn W. Experimente zur messung and erklärung der sogenannten kristallisationskraft. Zeit. Krist. 101 (1939) 117-133
17. Farver J.R., and Yund R.A. Measurement of oxygen grain boundary diffusion in natural, fine-grained, quartz aggregates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55 (1991) 1597-1607 10.1016/0016-7037(91)90131-N
18. Farver J.R., and Yund R.A. Oxygen diffusion in a fine-grained quartz aggregate with wetted and non-wetted microstructures. J. Geophys. Res. 97 (1992) 14017-14029 10.1029/92JB01206
19. Flatt R.J., Steiger M., and Scherer G.W. A commented translation of the paper by C. W. Correns and W. Steinborn on crystallization pressure. Environ. Geol. 52 (2007) 187-203 10.1007/s00254-006-0509-5
20. Fletcher R., Buss H., and Brantley S. A spheroidal weathering model coupling porewater chemistry to soil thicknesses during steady-state denudation. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 244 (2006) 444-457 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.055
21. Hansen L.D., Dipple G.M., Gordon T.M., and Kellet D.A. Carbonated serpentinite (listwanite) at Atlin, British Columbia: A geological analogue to carbon dioxide sequestration. Can. Mineral. 43 (2005) 225-239 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.225
22. Iyer K., Jamtveit B., Mathiesen J., Malthe-Sørenssen A., and Feder J. Reaction-assisted hierarchical fracturing during serpentinization. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 267 (2008) 503-516 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.060
23. Jamtveit B., Malthe-Sørenssen A., and Kostenko O. Reaction enhanced permeability during retrogressive metamorphism. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 267 (2008) 620-627 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.016
24. Jamtveit B., Putnis C.V., and Malthe-Sørenssen A. Reaction induced fracturing during replacement processes. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 157 (2009) 127-133 10.1007/s00410-008-0324-y
25. 2 storage. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105 (2008) 17295-17300 10.1073/pnas.0805794105
26. Kelemen P.B., Kikawa E., and Miller D.J. Proc. ODP, Init. Repts. 209. Tech. rep., College Station, TX, Ocean Drilling Program (2004) 10.2973/odp.proc.ir.209.101.2004
27. Kelemen P.B., Kikawa E., Miller D.J., and Party S.S. Processes in a 20-km-thick conductive boundary layer beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14°-16°N. Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 209. College Station, TX, Ocean Drilling Program (2007) 1-33 10.2973/odp.proc.sr.209.001.2007
28. MacDonald A.H., and Fyfe W.S. Rate of serpentinization in sea-floor environments. Tectonophys 116 (1985) 123-135 10.1016/0040-1951(85)90225-2
29. Madu B.E., Nesbitt B.E., and Muehlenbachs K. A mesothermal gold-stibnite-quartz vein occurrence in the Canadian Cordillera. Econ. Geol. 85 (1990) 1260-1268 10.2113/gsecongeo.85.6.1260
30. Malthe-Sørenssen A., Jamtveit B., and Meakin P. Fracture patterns generated by diffusion controlled volume changing reactions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 245501 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.245501
31. Martin B., and Fyfe W.S. Some experimental and theoretical observations on the kinetics of hydration reactions with particular reference to serpentinization. Chem. Geol. 6 (1970) 185-202 10.1016/0009-2541(70)90018-5
32. Milsch H., Seibt A., and Spangenberg E. Long-term petrophysical investigations on geothermal reservoir rocks at simulated in situ conditions. Transp. Porous Med. 77 (2009) 59-78 10.1007/s11242-008-9261-5
33. Morrow C., Moore D., and Lockner D. Permeability reduction in granite under hydrothermal conditions. J. Geophys. Res. 106 (2001) 30551-30560 10.1029/2000JB000010
34. Naldrett A.J. Talc-carbonate alteration of some serpentinized ultramafic rocks south of Timmins, Ontario. J. Petrol. 7 (1966) 489-499
35. Nasir S., Al Sayigh A.R., Al Harthy A., Al-Khirbash S., Al-Jaaidi O., Musllam A., Al-Mishwat A., and Al-Bu'saidi S. Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of listwaenite from the Semail ophiolite, Oman. Chemie Der Erde Geochem. 67 (2007) 213-228 10.1016/j.chemer.2005.01.003
36. Neal C., and Stanger G. Past and present serpentinization of ultramafic rocks: an example from the Semail ophiolite nappe of northern Oman. The Chemistry of Weathering (1985), D. Reidel Publishing Company, Holland 249-275
37. O'Connor W., Dahlin D., Rush G., Gerdemann S., Penner L., and Nilsen D. Final report: aqueous mineral carbonation. Mineral availability, pretreatment, reaction parametrics, and process studies, Report DOE/ARC-TR-04-002. Tech. rep., Office of Process Development, Albany Research Center, Office of Fossil Energy, US DOE, Albany, OR (2005)
38. {ring operator}20′N, ODP Leg 209): implications for fluid/rock interaction in slow spreading environments. Chem. Geol. 234 (2006) 179-210 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.04.011
39. Poupeau G., Saddiqi O., Michard A., Goffé B., and Oberhänsli R. Late thermal evolution of the Oman Mountains subophiolitic windows: apatite fission-track thermochronology. Geology 26 (1998) 1139-1142 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1139;LTEOTO>l2.3CO;2
40. Rijniers L.A., Huinink L.P., and Kopinga K. Experimental evidence of crystallization pressure inside porous media. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 075503 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.075503
41. Robinson P.T., Malpas J., Zhou M.F., Ash C., Yang J.S., and Bai W.J. Geochemistry and origin of listwaenites in the Sartohay and Luobnsa ophiolites, China. Int. Geol. Rev. 47 (2005) 177-202
42. Røyne A., Jamtveit B., Mathiesen J., and Malthe-Sørenssen A. Controls on rock weathering rates by reaction-induced hierarchical fracturing. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 275 (2008) 364-369 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.035
43. Santti J., Kontinen A., Sorjonen-Ward P., Johanson B., and Pakkanen L. Metamorphism and chromite in serpentinized and carbinate-silica-altered peridotites of the Paleoproterozoic Outokumpu-Jormua Ophiolite Belt, Eastern Finland. Int. Geol. Rev. 48 (2006) 494-546
44. 2 metasomatism of serpentinites south of Timmins, Ontario. Can. Mineral. 30 (1992) 93-108
45. Schandl E.S., and Wicks F.J. Carbonate and associated alteration of ultramafic and rhyolitic rocks at the Hemingway Property, Kidd Creek Volcanic Complex, Timmins, Ontario. Econ. Geol. 88 (1993) 1615-1635 10.2113/gsecongeo.88.6.1615
46. Scherer G.W. Crystallization in pores. Cem. Concr. Res. 29 (1999) 1347-1358 10.1016/S0008-8846(99)00002-2
47. Scherer G.W. Stress from crystallization of salt. Cem. Concr. Res. 34 (2004) 1613-1624 10.1016/j.cemconres.2003.12.034
48. Schramm B., Devey C., Gillis K.M., and Lackschewitz K. Quantitative assessment of chemical and mineralogical changes due to progressive low-temperature alteration of East Pacific Rise basalts from 0 to 9 Ma. Chem. Geol. 218 (2005) 281-313 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.01.011
49. Sprunt E.S., and Brace W.F. Direct observations of microcavities in crystalline rocks. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. Geomech. Abstr. 11 (1974) 139-150 10.1016/0148-9062(74)92874-5
50. Stanger G. Silicified serpentinite in the Semail nappe of Oman. Lithos 18 (1985) 13-22 10.1016/0024-4937(85)90003-9
51. Tenthorey E., Scholz C.H., Aharonov E., and Léger A. Precipitation scaling and diagensis 1. Experimental results. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 23951-23967 10.1029/98JB02229
52. Ucurum A. Listwaenites in Turkey: perspectives on formation and precious metal concentration with reference to occurrences in East-Central Anatolia. Ofioliti 25 (2000) 15-29
53. Ucurum A., and Larson L.T. Geology, base-precious metal concentration and genesis of the silica-carbonate alteration (listwaenties) from late Cretaceous ophiolitic melanges at central east Turkey. Chem. Erde 59 (1999) 77-104
54. Walder J., and Hallet B. A theoretical model of the fracture of rock during freezing. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 96 (1985) 336-346 10.1130/0016-7606(1985)96<336:ATMOTF>2.0.CO;2
55. Wilde A., Simpson L., and Hanna S. Preliminary study of Cenozoic alteration and platinum deposition in the Oman ophiolite. J. Virtual Explorer 6 (2002) 7-13
56. Wong T.-F., Fredrich J.T., and Gwanmesia G.D. Crack aperture statistics and pore space fractal geometry of Westerley Granite and Rutland Quartzite: Implications for an elastic model of rock compressibility. J. Geophys. Res. 94 (1989) 10267-10278
57. Wu Y.-S., Zhang K., and Liu H.-H. Estimating large-scale fracture permeability of unsaturated rock using barometric pressure data. Vadose Zone J. 5 (2006) 1129-1142 10.2136/vzj2006.0015
58. Wu Y.-S., Ye M., and Sudicky E.A. Fracture-flow-enhanced matrix diffusion in solute. Transp. Porous Med. 81 (2010) 21-34 10.1007/s11242-009-9383-4
59. Yakobson B.I. Morphology and rate of fracture in chemical decomposition of solids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (1991) 1590-1593 10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1590
60. Yund R.A. Rates of grain boundary diffusion through enstatite and forsterite reaction rims. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 126 (1997) 224-236 10.1007/s004100050246