Biogeosciences, 2023 . The weathering rate of carbonate minerals is several orders of magnitude higher than for silicate minerals. Therefore, small amounts of carbonate minerals have the potential to control the dissolved weathering loads in silicate-dominated catchments ...
N. Lehmann +5 more
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Thermodynamic and Energetic Limits on Continental Silicate Weathering Strongly Impact the Climate and Habitability of Wet, Rocky Worlds [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal, 2020 The “liquid water habitable zone” (HZ) concept is predicated on the ability of the silicate weathering feedback to stabilize climate across a wide range of instellations.
Robert J. Graham, R. Pierrehumbert
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Physical and chemical weathering rates and CO2 consumption in a tropical lateritic environment: the upper Niger basin [PDF]
, 1998 The chemical composition of Niger river water measured bimonthly at Bamako Mali. during the period 1990–1992 provides an estimate of present weathering rates in the upper Niger basin.
Boeglin, Jean-Loup, Probst, Jean-Luc
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A revised model of global silicate weathering considering the influence of vegetation cover on erosion rate [PDF]
Geoscientific Model DevelopmentSilicate weathering, which is of great importance in regulating the global carbon cycle, has been found to be affected by complicated factors, including climate, tectonics and vegetation. However, the exact transfer function between these factors and the
H. Zuo +9 more
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Theoretical Spectra of Terrestrial Exoplanet Surfaces [PDF]
, 2012 We investigate spectra of airless rocky exoplanets with a theoretical framework that self-consistently treats reflection and thermal emission. We find that a silicate surface on an exoplanet is spectroscopically detectable via prominent Si-O features in ...
Batalha +28 more
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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2019 Study Region: Teesta River of Eastern Himalayas, India. Study Focus: This article addresses the mechanisms of weathering in the Teesta River, for the first time based on the original data of major ions. Water samples were collected along the Teesta River
Tenzin Tsering +3 more
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A geochemical study of the winonaites: Evidence for limited partial melting and constraints on the precursor composition [PDF]
, 2017 The winonaites are primitive achondrites which are associated with the IAB iron meteorites. Textural evidence implies heating to at least the Fe, Ni–FeS cotectic, but previous geochemical studies are ambiguous about the extent of silicate melting in ...
Benedix, Gretchen K. +6 more
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Geochemistry of the dissolved loads during high-flow season of rivers in the southeastern coastal region of China: anthropogenic impact on chemical weathering and carbon sequestration [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2018 The southeastern coastal region is one of the most developed and populated areas in China. Meanwhile, it has been severely impacted by acid rain over many years.
W. Liu +11 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 The Tao He, Huang Shui, and Datong He originate from the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and flow into the Yellow River on the Loess Plateau (LP), all with a basin area exceeding 15,000 km2, and are the three largest tributaries of
Zhuoma Yongji +6 more
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The Weathering Microbiome of an Outcropping Granodiorite
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Microorganisms have long been recognized for their capacity to catalyze the weathering of silicate minerals. While the vast majority of studies on microbially mediated silicate weathering focus on organotrophic metabolism linked to nutrient acquisition ...
Stephanie A. Napieralski, Eric E. Roden
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