Abstract
Silicate weathering and soil formation is critical to global - scale processes since silicates constitute about 83% of the rocks exposed at Earth's land surface. On geological time scales, atmospheric carbon dioxide content has been balanced by the weathering of Ca - Mg - silicate rocks, the burial and weathering of sedimentary organic matter and degassing of volcanoes. A large number of laboratory and fi eld - based studies have been performed to better understand the link between silicate weathering, climate and the long - term carbon cycle. In this chapter we summarize some of this past work and suggest directions for future research.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Frontiers in Geochemistry |
| Subtitle of host publication | Contribution of Geochemistry to the Study of the Earth |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
| Pages | 84-103 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781405193382 |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 2011 |
Other keywords
- 'crystalline silicate rocks'
- Factors Affecting Silicate Weathering and Denudation Rates
- Field Measurements of Silicate Weathering and Denudation Rates
- Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation Rates
- Silicate Rock Weathering and the Global Carbon Cycle
- The Relative Importance of Chemical and Mechanical Processes
- Weathering and Denudation at a Global Scale
- Weathering, Erosion and Atmospheric CO2