The rule of release of carbon and heavy metals during weathering of rocks—A preliminary study
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Abstract
Release of carbon from rocks during their weathering is closely linked to its global circulation. The contents and chemical forms of inorganic carbon in limestone, mudstone, granite and basalt as well as in their weathering and pedogenic products have been examined. The results show that a geochemical process of carbon release from the rocks in the early stage of weathering is followed by its accumulation in the subsequent weathering products.
The environmental geochemical behavior of some heavy metals related to inorganic carbon release and its accumulation are also studied in this paper. Experimental results show that the capacity of manganese to associate with carbonates increases with increasing concentrations of the latter, but the behavior of copper is opposite to that of manganese.
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Heavy Metal Mudstone Weathering Inorganic Carbon Parent RockPreview
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