Searching for biosignatures in sedimentary rocks from early Earth and Mars

T Bosak, KR Moore, J Gong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The recognition of past habitable environments on Mars has increased the urgency to
understand biosignature preservation in and characterize analogues of these environments …

Integrated mineral carbonation of ultramafic mine deposits—a review

J Li, M Hitch, IM Power, Y Pan - Minerals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recently, integrated mineral carbonation for CO2 sequestration has received significant
attention due to the high potential for commercialization towards mitigating climate change …

[HTML][HTML] The mineral diversity of Jezero crater: Evidence for possible lacustrine carbonates on Mars

BHN Horgan, RB Anderson, G Dromart, ES Amador… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Noachian-aged Jezero crater is the only known location on Mars where clear orbital
detections of carbonates are found in close proximity to clear fluvio-lacustrine features …

Geochemistry and petrology of listvenite in the Samail ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman: Complete carbonation of peridotite during ophiolite emplacement

ES Falk, PB Kelemen - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Extensive outcrops of listvenite—fully carbonated peridotite, with all Mg in carbonate
minerals and all Si in quartz—occur along the basal thrust of the Samail ophiolite in Oman …

Solubility of the hydrated Mg-carbonates nesquehonite and dypingite from 5 to 35 C: Implications for CO2 storage and the relative stability of Mg-carbonates

AL Harrison, V Mavromatis, EH Oelkers, P Bénézeth - Chemical Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrated Mg-carbonate minerals form during the weathering of ultramafic rocks, and can be
used to store atmospheric CO 2 to help combat greenhouse gas-fueled climate change …

Accelerating mineral carbonation using carbonic anhydrase

IM Power, AL Harrison, GM Dipple - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzymes have gained considerable attention for their potential
use in carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies because they are able to catalyze rapidly …

Influence of surface passivation and water content on mineral reactions in unsaturated porous media: Implications for brucite carbonation and CO2 sequestration

AL Harrison, GM Dipple, IM Power, KU Mayer - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
The evolution of mineral reactive surface area is an important control on the progress of
carbon mineralization reactions that sequester anthropogenic CO 2. Dry conditions in …

Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of magnesium oxychloride cement building materials

IM Power, GM Dipple, PS Francis - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2017 - Elsevier
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) boards have the potential to offset carbon emissions
through carbon mineralization, a process whereby carbon dioxide (CO 2) is converted to …

Room temperature magnesite precipitation

IM Power, PA Kenward, GM Dipple… - Crystal growth & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Magnesite (MgCO3) is one of the most stable sinks for carbon dioxide (CO2) and is therefore
of great interest for long-term carbon storage. Although magnesite is the thermodynamically …

Potential for offsetting diamond mine carbon emissions through mineral carbonation of processed kimberlite: an assessment of De Beers mine sites in South Africa …

EM Mervine, SA Wilson, IM Power, GM Dipple… - Mineralogy and …, 2018 - Springer
De Beers kimberlite mine operations in South Africa (Venetia and Voorspoed) and Canada
(Gahcho Kué, Victor, and Snap Lake) have the potential to sequester carbon dioxide (CO 2) …