Carbon dioxide sequestration in deep-sea basalt
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Developing a method for secure sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide in geological formations is one of our most pressing global scientific problems. Injection into deep-sea basalt formations provides unique and significant advantages over other potential geological storage options, including ( i ) vast reservoir capacities sufficient to accommodate centuries-long U.S. production of fossil fuel CO 2 at locations within pipeline distances to populated areas and CO 2 sources along the U.S. west coast; ( ii ) sufficiently closed water-rock circulation pathways for the chemical reaction of CO 2 with basalt to produce stable and nontoxic (Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Fe 2+ )CO 3 infilling minerals, and ( iii ) significant risk reduction for post-injection leakage by geological, gravitational, and hydrate-trapping mechanisms. CO 2 sequestration in established sediment-covered basalt aquifers on the Juan de Fuca plate offer promising locations to securely accommodate more than a century of future U.S. emissions, warranting energized scientific research, technological assessment, and economic evaluation to establish a viable pilot injection program in the future.
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The target for CO2 injection in the Juan de Fuca Plate is a volume of 7800 km3 of altered basalt with an average porosity of 10% for a storage potential of 920 Gt of CO2.
“The target for CO 2 injection is a volume of 7800 km 3 of altered basalt with an average porosity of 10% for a storage potential of 920 Gt of CO 2 .48”
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In general, steel-making slags require grinding as carbonation pre-treatment, but the cost of mining and transportation to CO2 emission sites can usually be avoided.
“In general steel-making slags require grinding as carbonation pre-treatment, 23,48 but the cost of mining and transportation to CO 2 emission sites can usually be avoided.”
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- Authors
- Goldberg, D. S., Takahashi, T., & Slagle, A. L.
- Affiliations
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2008-07-22
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 29
- Pages
- 9920-9925
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC2464617
- OpenAlex
- W2160272901
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 14.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
- Funders
- Earth Institute, Columbia University
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Keywords
- CO2 sequestration, basalt aquifer, CO2 mineralization, water-rock interaction, carbonate precipitation, CO2 leakage risk, Juan de Fuca plate, CO2 geological storage, CO2 injection
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