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Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature
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Although the mineral dolomite is abundant in ancient low-temperature sedimentary systems, it is scarce in modern systems below 50 °C. Chemical mechanism(s) enhancing its formation remain an enigma because abiotic dolomite has been challenging to synthesize at low temperature in laboratory settings. Microbial enhancement of dolomite precipitation at low temperature has been reported; however, it is still unclear exactly how microorganisms influence reaction kinetics. Here we document the abiotic synthesis of low-temperature dolomite in laboratory experiments and constrain possible mechanisms for dolomite formation. Ancient and modern seawater solution compositions, with identical pH and pCO2, were used to precipitate an ordered, stoichiometric dolomite phase at 30 °C in as few as 20 d. Mg-rich phases nucleate exclusively on carboxylated polystyrene spheres along with calcite, whereas aragonite forms in solution via homogeneous nucleation. We infer that Mg ions are complexed and dewatered by surface-bound carboxyl groups, thus decreasing the energy required for carbonation. These results indicate that natural surfaces, including organic matter and microbial biomass, possessing a high density of carboxyl groups may be a mechanism by which ordered dolomite nuclei form. Although environments rich in organic matter may be of interest, our data suggest that sharp biogeochemical interfaces that promote microbial death, as well as those with high salinity may, in part, control carboxyl-group density on organic carbon surfaces, consistent with origin of dolomites from microbial biofilms, as well as hypersaline and mixing zone environments.
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“In the MSW and SSW experiments, the differing sulfate content did not significantly impact precipitation of Mg-bearing carbonates.”
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“Ancient and modern seawater solution compositions, with identical pH and pCO 2 , were used to precipitate an ordered, stoichiometric dolomite phase at 30 °C in as few as 20 d.”
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“HRTEM-based energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy reveals a predominance of Mg-rich phases at sphere surfaces characteristic of both dolomite (Mg:Ca = 1) and a phase with Mg:Ca ratios greater than 1.”
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“All solutions were initially supersaturated with respect to calcite, aragonite, and dolomite (Table 1).”
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“Experimental vessels containing MSW produced aragonite and calcite.”
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“For example, sedimentary settings with microbial activity promoting rapid cell turnover or death, such as a change from sulfate reduction to methanogenesis (32), can result in an order of magnitude increase in surface site density (33) on organic remains.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [32] 32. Meister P, et al. (2007) Dolomite formation in the dynamic deep biosphere: Results from the Peru Margin. Sedimentology 54(5):1007-1032. source
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“Dehydration and carbonation of Mg ions are rate-limiting steps in dolomite nucleation (4).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [4] 4. Brady PV, Krumhans JL, Papenguth HW (1996) Surface complexation clues to dolo- mite growth. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 60(4):727-731. source
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“These results indicate that natural surfaces, including organic matter and microbial biomass, possessing a high density of carboxyl groups may be a mechanism by which ordered dolomite nuclei form.”
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“Degraded natural organic matter (NOM) with a high fulvic acid character and certain microbial surfaces are known to have high carboxyl-group densities (Table 2).”
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“Greater effect from carboxyl groups than sulfate is not surprising considering the association between Mg:R-COO -is more favorable than Mg:SO 4 based on aqueous complex data [log K MgSO4(aq) = 2.4; log K C10H16MgN2O8 = 2.8; 29].”
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- Not matchedcites [29] 29. Motekaitis RJ, ed. (2004) NIST Critically Selected Stability Constants of Metal Com- plexes Data (v. 8.0 for Windows), National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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“Precipitates treated with weak acetic acid to remove Ca carbonates (e.g., 24) revealed low yields [based on Xray diffraction (XRD) intensity] of Mg calcite (19-49 mol % Mg; calculated from XRD with 3; % MgCO 3 = [(-363.96*d-spacing)+ 1,104.5])and disordered (64-75 mol % Mg; calculated from XRD with 3) and ordered dolomite [CaMg(CO 3 ) 2 ] (Fig. 3).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [24] 24. Roberts JA, Bennett PC, González LA, Macpherson GL, Milliken KL (2004) Precipitation of dolomite in methanogenic groundwater. Geology 32(4):277-280. source
- Partly supportedcites [3] 3. Arvidson RS, MacKenzie FT (1999) The dolomite problem: Control of precipitation kinetics by temperature and saturation state. Am J Sci 299:257-288. sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Methods passage describes calculating Mg-calcite composition from XRD d-spacing and gives a regression close to the one cited, though its intercept is 1104.05 rather than 1104.5. It does not establish the cited XRD method for calculating disordered-dolomite composition. The SSW yields and composition ranges are the citing paper’s reported results, not findings attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Our data indicate that the precipitated mineral suite is a function of solution composition, whereas surface carboxyl-group density dictated the kinetics of precipitation, with 10 sites Å -2 spheres (20.3 μm) exhibiting slightly faster precipitation kinetics (Fig. 1), and, in general, more crystalline Mg-bearing phases.”
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“Mg-rich phases nucleate exclusively on carboxylated polystyrene spheres along with calcite, whereas aragonite forms in solution via homogeneous nucleation.”
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“Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and HRTEM analysis demonstrate that microspheres are thinly coated with minerals (Fig. 4) and serve as points of nucleation for nanocrystalline mineral aggregates (Fig. 5; see discussion below), whereas larger aragonite crystals (identified based on elemental analyses and crystal structure) precipitate in the pore space (Fig. 4).”
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“In all experimental vessels changes in pH and CO 3 2-values did not vary from the control within the error of measurement whereas values of Mg: Ca and degree of supersaturation for calcite, aragonite, and dolomite decreased (Fig. 1) more than control values after the 20-d period.”
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“Control vessels for SSW produced aragonite (CaCO 3 ), and calcite (CaCO 3 ); control vessels for MSW produced only aragonite.”
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“Acetic acid treatments revealed extremely low yields of Mg calcite (5-42 mol % Mg) and disordered dolomite (50-51mol % Mg and, 61-75 mol % Mg), likely due to Mg binding to the sphere surface, thus decreasing the available Mg in solution (25).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [25] 25. Lippmann F (1973) Sedimentary Carbonate Minerals (Springer, New York), p 228. source
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“Surface-associated carbonate precipitates form as nanoparticles with fine-scale layering, and HRTEM with selected area electron diffraction (SAED) of precipitates shows lattice fringes of 2.89 Å [211] (Fig. 6).”
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“All experimental vessels containing SSW produced aragonite and calcite, with a smaller peak that is consistent with dolomite (Fig. 2).”
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“We have identified a viable abiotic mechanism for primary dolomite nucleation that relies on the carboxyl-group density of surfaces as a means to overcome the limitation of Mg dehydration and that such surfaces contribute to stabilization of nanocrystals, limiting dissolution, and promoting crystallinity.”
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“This reaction lowers the energy needed for carbonation and the subsequent attachment of Ca 2+ when the Mg(H 2 O) 5 2+ complex is bound to an RCOO -group compared with dewatering and carbonation of Mg(H 2 O) 6 2+ (ΔG is 13.6 kcal mol -1 lower when Mg is dehydrated and bound to RCOO -; 28).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [28] 28. Katz AK, Glusker JP, Markham GD, Bock CW (1998) Deprotonation of water in the presence of carboxylate and magnesium ions. J Phys Chem B 102(33):6342-6350. source
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“Our data support a surface-nucleated mechanism for EPS in the presence of supersaturated solutions and provide a quantifiable mechanism for the data and observed relationships between dolomite and EPS reported in the literature.”
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“Organic matter is a typical constituent of carbonate rocks and a potential source of carboxylated surfaces that can bind and dehydrate dissolved Mg ions (30) and facilitate dolomitization (Table 1).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [30] 30. Sikiri c MD, Füredi-Milhofer H (2006) The influence of surface active molecules on the crystallization of biominerals in solution. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 128-130:135-158. source
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“Surface carboxyl functional groups, however, have been demonstrated to adsorb Mg 2+ enabling the formation of a [Mg(H 2 O) 5 (R-COO)] + complex, which results in the ejection of a water molecule (27):”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [27] 27. Kluge S, Weston J (2005) Can a hydroxide ligand trigger a change in the coordination number of magnesium ions in biological systems? Biochemistry 44(12):4877-4885. source
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“Mixing zone environments (34) and changing-salinity environments such as sabkhas (35) may promote dolomitization via carboxyl-group density increases resulting from salinity changes (36).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [34] 34. Badiozamani K (1973) The Dorag dolomitization model-application to the Middle Ordovician of Wisconsin. J Sediment Petrol 43(4):965-984. source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [35] 35. Müller DW, McKenzie JA, Mueller PA (1990) Abu Dhabi sabkha Persian Gulf revisited: Application of strontium isotopes to test an early dolomitization model. Geology 18(7):618-662. source
- Not matchedcites [36] 36. Kinnebrew N (2012) Metal sorption onto halophilic Archaea. MS thesis (Univ of Kansas, Lawrence).
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“We infer that Mg ions are complexed and dewatered by surface-bound carboxyl groups, thus decreasing the energy required for carbonation.”
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“Because our model does not require metabolic activity, only solution supersaturation achieved by any means, it extends beyond microbial surfaces as we propose that any type of organic matter with sufficient carboxyl-site density is capable of seeding dolomite precipitation.”
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“Mg:Ca ratios less than 2, such as those thought to have existed in Cambrian-through-Devonian and Cretaceous seawater (21; and modeled with SSW solution in this study), promote calcite and dolomite precipitation.Mg:Ca ratios greater than 2, such as those thought to have existed in the Permo-Carboniferous, Triassic, and Neogene seawater (21; and modeled with MSW solution in this study) promote arag”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [21] 21. Wilkinson BH, Given KR (1986) Secular variation in abiotic marine carbonates: con- straints on Phanerozoic atmospheric carbon dioxide contents and oceanic Mg/Ca ratios. J Geol 94(3):321-333. source
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“Replicate experimental vessels were analyzed at 5, 10, and 20 d.”
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“Salinity and pCO 2 (speciated from measured pH and titrated alkalinity using PhreeqC; 23) were identical for both solutions (Table 1; 21).”
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- Not matchedcites [23] 23. Parkhurst DL, Appelo CAJ (1999) PHREEQC v.2, USGS WRI Report 99-4259.
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“Although the presence of carboxylated surfaces facilitates precipitation of dolomite nuclei at low temperature, solution chemistry fundamentally controls the reactions.”
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“Control vessels contained no polystyrene spheres and were analyzed at 20 d.”
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“Abiotic precipitation of low-temperature dolomite reported here clarifies geology's “dolomite problem,” and is not only consistent with, but identifies, mechanisms operative in previous studies implicating microorganisms in this process.”
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“Solutions were then sterilized and dispensed into 60-mL serum bottles.”
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“It may be that environments that lead to accelerated cell turnover or death, changing or high salinity, or certain settings of weathering product delivery may be the ones where highly carboxylated surfaces are generated.”
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“It demonstrates the need to concentrate organic surface functional groups as seeds for dolomite nucleation, which would ultimately form the nuclei for more extensive dolomitization of carbonate rocks and sediments during later times of fluid migration.”
§ Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature > Dolomite Identification.
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Carboxylated polystyrene microspheres are adequate models for natural organic surfaces, including microbial EPS, in dolomite nucleation.
“Here we report an example of abiotic laboratory precipitation of dolomite at 30 °C by nucleation on synthetic, carboxylated surfaces, used as models for natural organic surfaces including microbial EPS.”
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“the main kinetic factors that inhibit the nucleation or precipitation of dolomite at low temperatures are thought to include: (1) the high hydration energy of the magnesium ion [22,45,51,66,[74][75][76][77][78][79][80]; (2) the presence of sulfate (even in very low concentrations), related to the formation of complex MgSO 4 0 [32,74,81,82]; and (3) the low activity of CO 2- 3 in most natural solut”
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“Furthermore, carboxyl moieties within EPS matrix were identified as the major functional groups to accelerate Mg 2+ dehydration (Wang et al., 2009;Roberts et al., 2013;Zhang et al., 2015).”
From Catalytic effect of microbially-derived carboxylic acids on the precipitation of Mg-calcite and disordered dolomite: Implications for sedimentary dolomite formation (2020) · cites this paper as Roberts et al., 2013
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“In the first model, it has suggested that electronegative carboxyl functional groups can bind and partially dewater Mg 2+ -H2O complexes, generating Mg 2+ -carboxyl group complexes.”
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“Mg 2+ -carboxyl complex requires much lower energy for carbonation than Mg 2+ -H2O complex”
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“Importantly, Mg-carboxyl clusters require less energy for carbonation and subsequent attachment of Ca 2+ compared to Mg-H2O complexes (Kenward et al., 2013;Roberts et al., 2013;Qiu et al., 2017).”
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“Previous studies also proposed that the dehydration reaction induced by carboxyl moieties proceeds possibly via a metal-chelation mechanism (Romanek et al., 2009;Roberts et al., 2013).”
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“Specifically, the electronegative carboxyl groups bind to [Mg(H2O)6] 2+ ion pairs and form a [Mg(H2O)5(R-COO)] + complex, along with the ejection of one water molecule (Roberts et al., 2013).”
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“Upon the dewatering, the newly formed Mg-carboxyl complex requires significantly lower energy when binding CO3 2-than [Mg(H2O)6] 2+ (Roberts et al., 2013;Shen et al., 2014).”
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“In doing so, it is believed that a thin Ca-Mg carbonate template could form and its growth will take place when a supersaturated condition is maintained (Roberts et al., 2013).”
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§ Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature > Results and Discussion
“Here we report the abiotic synthesis of dolomite at 25 °C”
§ Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature > Materials and Methods
“The experimental vessels were capped and solution chemistry was allowed to evolve with gentle agitation in the dark at 30 °C for 20 d.”
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§ Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature > Results and Discussion
“Acetic acid treatments revealed extremely low yields of Mg calcite (5-42 mol % Mg) and disordered dolomite (50-51mol % Mg and, 61-75 mol % Mg)”
§ Surface chemistry allows for abiotic precipitation of dolomite at low temperature > ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
“Acetic acid leaching of precipitates from MSW treatments was below the detection limit of the instrument.”
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“…form at near room temperature (25-35oC) by inorganic precipitation mechanism, and augurs well with the experimental observations (see Machel, 2004, Roberts et al., 2013 and references there in), but nonetheless it is an efficient process that provides dolomite aggregates, which can act as the…”
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Hips, K., Haas, J., Poros, Z., Kele, S., & Budai, T. (2014) · Sedimentary Geology · doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.12.002 · Cited by 44
“The results of Roberts et al. (2013) revealed that natural surfaces, including organic matter and 598 microbial biomass, having a high density of carboxyl groups promoted the formation of ordered dolomite 599 nuclei.”
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“Bacterial sulphate reduction is favoured by a high concentration of sulphate ions, in the microbial sediments, but Roberts et al. (2013) reported that metabolic activity is not necessary to precipitate dolomite, only a supersaturated solution and any type of organic matter with sufficient…”
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The formation of the dolomite-analogue norsethite: Reaction pathway and cation ordering
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The complex role of microbial metabolic activity in fossilization
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“…siderite precipitation (because calcite or aragonite is favoured above pH 7.2), whereas even a small amount of sulfate reduction along with iron reduction can keep the pH within the range for siderite precipitation (Lin et al., 2020; Roberts et al., 2013; Soetaert et al., 2007; Zeng & Tice, 2014).”
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Lacustrine dolomite in deep time: What really matters in early dolomite formation and accumulation?
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“The process generally was linked to changes induced in the direct microenvironment of the growing bacteria through metabolic features, or to providing nucleation sites for crystallization in a supersaturated environment (Roberts et al., 2013; Seifan et al., 2017; Yan et al., 2017).”
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“Organic matter containing a high density of carboxyl-groups may also increase rates of dolomite precipitation (Zhang et al., 2012; Roberts et al., 2013).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Roberts, J. A., Kenward, P. A., Fowle, D. A., Goldstein, R. H., González, L. A., & Moore, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Kansas (US)
- Department of Geology and
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2013-08-20
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 36
- Pages
- 14540-14545
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3767548
- OpenAlex
- W2066115290
- Cited by
- 246
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 6.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Keywords
- surface chemistry, carboxyl groups, polystyrene microspheres, magnesium complexation, carbonation, nucleation, calcite, aragonite, biofilm, dolomite origin, seawater chemistry, reaction kinetics
- MeSH terms
- Bacteria, Calcium Carbonate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmental Microbiology, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Magnesium, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Models, Chemical, Chemical Precipitation, Seawater, Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission, Surface Properties, Temperature, X-Ray Diffraction, Bioreactors, Salinity
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