Deep-time alkaline lake enigma: Rare or undiscovered?

L **a, J Cao, T Wang, W Hu, D Zhi, Y Tang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Alkaline lakes are significant for exploring the evolution of life, reconstructions of past
environments, and energy resources; however, despite modern alkaline lakes being widely …

Fate and migration of enhanced rock weathering products through soil horizons; implications of irrigation and percolation regimes

R Khalidy, YW Chiang, RM Santos - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrestrial enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is reckoned as a robust method to contribute to
stabilizing atmospheric carbon and combat global warming. The method is particularly a …

[HTML][HTML] Magnesite everywhere: Formation of carbonates in the alkaline lakes and playas of the Cariboo Plateau, British Columbia, Canada

MJ Raudsepp, S Wilson, N Zeyen, ML Arizaleta… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cariboo Plateau in central British Columbia, Canada, hosts the largest aerial
extent of low temperature lacustrine magnesite in the world. Magnesite was the most …

How to make an alkaline lake: fifty years of chemical divides

NJ Tosca, BM Tutolo - Elements, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Of all the surface environments on our planet, alkaline lakes are among the most distinctive
and significant in terms of their biogeochemistry, climatic sensitivity, and associated mineral …

Precipitation of CaCO3 in natural and man-made aquatic environments-Mechanisms, analogues, and proxies

M Dietzel, R Boch - Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Calcium carbonate precipitates occur in diverse and widespread aquatic environments, both
from marine to terrestrial natural surroundings and from anthropogenic to engineered …

Magnesite formation during nesquehonite decomposition in the presence and absence of retained self-generated gases and the role of X-ray amorphous materials as …

B Morgan, S Wilson, IC Madsen… - American …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Long-term storage of CO2 in nesquehonite (MgCO3· 3H2O) relies on its transformation to
highly stable magnesite (MgCO3) in a naturally occurring, centuries-long process. Here, we …

Reconstructing early sedimentation patterns of the lower Codó Formation (Early Cretaceous, NE Brazil): Evidence of marine influence and the onset of an alkaline …

DC de Souza, I de Souza Carvalho, L Borghi… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Aptian lower Codó Formation is an attractive stratigraphic unit within the
Parnaíba and São Luís basins, northeastern Brazil, formed during the break-up of Western …

Carbonatite Research: The African Legacy

AN Zaitsev, J Spratt - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Almost all igneous rocks are composed of silicate minerals; carbonatites are the main
exception to this rule. They form only a minor proportion of the continental crust but are of …

Fluvial-lacustrine interactions in the Marginal Triassic, Clevedon, Bristol Channel Basin, UK: deposition, dolomitization and silicification

ME Tucker, RSJ Sparks - Geological Magazine, 2024 - cambridge.org
In the Triassic Mercia Mudstone Group of the Bristol Channel area, SW Britain, yellow
micritic-oolitic dolomites deposited in a near-shore location of an extensive shallow saline …

Dry, Salty, and Habitable: The Science of Alkaline Lakes

BM Tutolo, NJ Tosca - Elements, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Alkaline lakes are incredibly dynamic, unique, and fascinating biogeo-chemical
environments that have remained distinctive features of Earth's evolving surface over much …