The dissolution kinetics of biogenic calcium carbonates in seawater
The dissolution kinetics of biogenic calcium carbonates in seawater
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-7037(80)90135-0
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发表时间:
1980-02
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5
通讯作者:
R. Keir
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作者:
R. Keir
Dissolution rate as a function of degree of undersaturation was measured on shells of individual species of coccoliths and foraminifera, various size fractions of sediment from the Ontong-Java Plateau and the Rio Grande Rise, a collection of large pteropods, and on synthetic calcite and aragonite powder. Results of the study indicate that all biogenic and synthetic calcium carbonate follows the rate law R%= k%(1− Ω) n where Ω[Ca 2+][CO 3 2−]/K'sp and K'sp is the apparent solubility product of calcite or aragonitic seawater. In the case of all calcite samples, n c= 4.5, while for aragonitic samples n a= 4.2. The ‘rate constant’, k%, varies widely between samples and in many cases is inversely correlated with grain size. However, the individual species of coccoliths, E. huxleyi and C. neohelis, which were cultured in the laboratory appear not to follow this rule, with dissolution rates an order to magnitude lower than expected.