Calcium Carbonate Formation and Dissolution
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTCalcium Carbonate Formation and DissolutionJohn W. Morse, Rolf S. Arvidson, and Andreas LüttgeView Author Information Department of Oceanography, MS-3146, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, and Department of Earth Science MS-126, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251 Cite this: Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 2, 342–381Publication Date (Web):January 30, 2007Publication History Published online30 January 2007Published inissue 1 February 2007https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cr050358jhttps://doi.org/10.1021/cr050358jresearch-articleACS PublicationsCopyright © 2007 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views19087Altmetric-Citations808LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and ho…
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Although seawater is naturally oversaturated with respect to CaCO3 in most locations, precipitation is kinetically inhibited, and significant oversaturation is required to facilitate spontaneous precipitation.
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- Authors
- Morse, J. W., Arvidson, R. S., & Lüttge, A.
- Affiliations
- Rice University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Morse, John W.
- Venue
- Chemical Reviews
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2007-01-30
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 342-381
- ISSN
- 0009-2665 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-6890
- OpenAlex
- W1990250430
- Cited by
- 1,228
- References
- 20
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- FWCI
- 1.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemical Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Keywords
- calcium carbonate, calcite, carbonate precipitation, carbonate dissolution, inorganic carbon, seawater chemistry, seawater carbonate chemistry, mineral dissolution kinetics
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