Progresses on carbon sequestration through carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks

QIU Tian; ZENG Lingsen; SHEN Tingting

doi:10.19388/j.zgdzdc.2021.04.03

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QIU Tian, ZENG Lingsen, SHEN Tingting. 2021. Progresses on carbon sequestration through carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks. Geological Survey of China, 8(4): 20-32. doi: 10.19388/j.zgdzdc.2021.04.03

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QIU Tian, ZENG Lingsen, SHEN Tingting. 2021. Progresses on carbon sequestration through carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks. Geological Survey of China, 8(4): 20-32. doi: 10.19388/j.zgdzdc.2021.04.03

Progresses on carbon sequestration through carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks

1. Key Laboratory of Deep-Earth Dynamics of Ministry of Natural Resources, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China;
2. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China

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Corresponding author: ZENG Lingsen

Received Date: 06 July 2021

Revised Date: 20 August 2021

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Global warming caused by man-made CO₂ emission has posed a great threat to the survival and the development of human beings. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is regarded as a generally accepted technique for reducing CO₂emission worldwide. As one of geological carbon sinks, carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks is an economic, safe and permanent method to capture and store atmospheric CO₂, which has attracted increasing attention from the international community in recent years. The authors have described the carbonation process of mafic-ultramafic rocks under natural conditions, and illustrated the carbon sequestration mechanism and the major factors affecting the rate of carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks. Besides, the international research progresses and typical application projects of carbon sequestration through mafic-ultramafic rocks were summarized, and the wide spread of carbonation of mafic-ultramafic rocks around the world was considered to be high potential of carbon sequestration. The promotion and application of this technique has great significance to the reduction of atmospheric CO₂ in the near future.
- mafic-ultramafic rocks /
- silicate minerals /
- carbonation /
- carbon dioxide /
- carbon capture and storage

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