Reaction-driven cracking during retrograde metamorphism: Olivine hydration and carbonation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 345-348, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-89

  Kelemen, Peter B ^a   Hirth, Greg ^b  

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2 capture and storage; Mineral carbonation; Peridotite alteration; Pressure of crystallization; Reaction driven cracking; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; CRYSTALLIZATION PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; EARTH'S CRUST; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FRACTURE ROCK; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION; HOST ROCKS; LOCAL GRADIENTS; MINERAL CARBONATION; MINERAL PHYSICS; PERIDOTITE ALTERATION; PHASE DISSOLUTION; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; REACTIVE SURFACES; SERPENTINIZATION; SOLID MASS; SOLID VOLUMES; TECTONIC PLATES; UPPER MANTLE; VOLUME CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; FRICTION; HYDRATION; OLIVINE; PORE SIZE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATION; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PERMEABILITY; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; RHEOLOGY; SERPENTINIZATION; SURFACE ENERGY; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84864026411     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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