Chemical Weathering Rates of Silicate Minerals / / ed. by Arthur F. White, Susan L. Brantley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Physical Sciences 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Banfield, J.F.,; Berner, Robert A.,; Blum, Alex E.,; Brantley, S.L.,; Brantley, Susan L.,; Casey, William H.,; Chen, Y.,; Clow, D. W.,; Dove, P. M.,; Drever, J. I.,; Hochella, M.F.,; Lasaga, Antonio C.,; Ludwig, Christian,; Nagy, K. L.,; Stallard, R. F.,; Stillings, Lisa L.,; Sverdrup, Harald,; Warfvinge, Per,; White, Art F.,
• HerausgeberIn: Brantley, Susan L.,; White, Arthur F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry , 31
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 583 p.)

Volume 31 of Reviews in Mineralogy reviews current thinking on the fundamental processes that control chemical weathering of silicates, including the physical chemistry of reactions at mineral surfaces, the role of experimental design in isolating and quantifying these reactions, and the complex roles that water chemistry, hydrology, biology, and climate play in weathering of natural systems. The chapters in this volume are arranged to parallel this order of development from theoretical considerations to experimental studies to characterization of natural systems. Secondly, the book is meant to serve as a reference from which researchers can readily retrieve quantitative weathering rate data for specific minerals under detailed experimental controls or for natural weathering conditions. Toward this objective, the authors were encouraged to tabulate available weathering rate data for their specific topics. Finally this volume serves as a forum in which suggestions and speculations concerning the direction of future weathering research are discussed.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Chapter 1. CHEMICAL WEATHERING RATES OF SILICATE MINERALS: AN OVERVIEW -- Chapter 2. FUNDAMENTAL APPROACHES IN DESCRIBING MINERAL DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION RATES -- Chapter 3. SILICATE MINERAL DISSOLUTION AS A LIGAND-EXCHANGE REACTION -- Chapter 4. CHEMICAL WEATHERING RATES OF PYROXENES AND AMPHIBOLES -- Chapter 5. DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION KINETICS OF SHEET SILICATES -- Chapter 6. KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC CONTROLS ON SILICA REACTIVITY IN WEATHERING ENVIRONMENTS -- Chapter 7. FELDSPAR DISSOLUTION KINETICS -- Chapter 8. CHEMICAL WEATHERING OF SILICATES IN NATURE: A MICROSCOPIC PERSPECTIVE WITH THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Chapter 9. CHEMICAL WEATHERING RATES OF SILICATE MINERALS IN SOILS -- Chapter 10. WEATHERING RATES IN CATCHMENTS -- Chapter 11. ESTIMATING FIELD WEATHERING RATES USING LABORATORY KINETICS -- Chapter 12. RELATING CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL EROSION -- Chapter 13. CHEMICAL WEATHERING AND ITS EFFECT ON ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND CLIMATE