Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Rapid CO2 mineralisation into calcite at the CarbFix storage site quantified using calcium isotopes

  • Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann,
  • Kevin W. Burton,
  • Sandra O. Snæbjörnsdóttir,
  • Bergur Sigfússon,
  • Edda S. Aradóttir,
  • Ingvi Gunnarsson,
  • Helgi A. Alfredsson,
  • Kiflom G. Mesfin,
  • Eric H. Oelkers,
  • Sigurður R. Gislason

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10003-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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At the CarbFix experimental site in Iceland, artificial removal of CO2 from the Earth’s atmosphere is investigated. The authors here propose a new method based on isotope fractionation calculations to estimate the efficiency of CO2 sequestration into calcite in basaltic groundwater settings.