Engineered carbon mineralization in ultramafic rocks for CO2 removal from air: Review and new insights

PB Kelemen, N McQueen, J Wilcox, P Renforth… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon Dioxide removal from air (CDR) combined with permanent solid storage can be
accomplished via carbon mineralization in ultramafic rocks in at least four ways: 1. Surficial …

Initial results from the Oman drilling project multi‐borehole observatory: Petrogenesis and ongoing alteration of mantle peridotite in the weathering horizon

PB Kelemen, JA Leong… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Oman Drilling Project “Multi‐Borehole Observatory”(MBO) samples an area of
active weathering of tectonically exposed peridotite. This article reviews the geology of the …

Accessing the subsurface biosphere within rocks undergoing active low‐temperature serpentinization in the Samail ophiolite (Oman Drilling Project)

AS Templeton, ET Ellison, C Glombitza… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Oman Drilling Project established an “Active Alteration” multi‐borehole
observatory in peridotites undergoing low‐temperature serpentinization in the Samail …

Characteristics, origins, and biosignature preservation potential of carbonate‐bearing rocks within and outside of Jezero crater

JD Tarnas, KM Stack, M Parente… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbonate minerals have been detected in Jezero crater, an ancient lake basin that is the
landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, and within the regional olivine‐bearing …

Element mobility and Mg isotope fractionation during peridotite serpentinization

MS Zhao, YX Chen, JW Xiong, YF Zheng… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Serpentinite plays a crucial role in element mobility during seawater hydrothermal alteration
of mid-ocean ridge peridotite on the seafloor and fluid metasomatism of peridotite in the …

Quantifying the volume increase and chemical exchange during serpentinization

F Klein, V Le Roux - Geology, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Quantifying the concurrent changes in rock volume and fluid composition during
serpentinization remains a major challenge in assessing its physicochemical effects during …

Listvenite formation during mass transfer into the leading edge of the mantle wedge: initial results from Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B

PB Kelemen, J Carlos de Obeso… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides an overview of research on core from Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B
and the surrounding area, plus new data and calculations, constraining processes in the …

Ultramafic rock carbonation: Constraints from listvenite core BT1B, Oman Drilling Project

A Beinlich, O Plümper, E Boter, IA Müller… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of the quartz‐carbonate alteration assemblage (listvenite) in ophiolites
indicates that ultramafic rock represents an effective sink for dissolved CO2. However, the …

Major element mobility during serpentinization, oxidation and weathering of mantle peridotite at low temperatures

JC de Obeso, PB Kelemen - … Transactions of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mantle peridotite in Wadi Fins in eastern Oman exhibits three concentric alteration zones
with oxide and sulfide mineralogy recording gradients in f O2 and f S2 (fugacity) of more …

Theoretical predictions versus environmental observations on serpentinization fluids: lessons from the Samail ophiolite in Oman

JAM Leong, AE Howells, KJ Robinson… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermodynamic calculations provide valuable insights into the reactions that drive the
profound fluid transformations during serpentinization, where surface fluids are transformed …