The difference of the weathering rate between carbonate rocks and silicate rocks and its effects on the atmospheric CO2 consumption in the Pearl River Basin

QIN Xiaoqun; JIANG Zhongcheng; ZHANG Liankai; HUANG Qibo; LIU Pengyu

Geological Bulletin of China > 2015 > 34(9): 1749-1757.

QIN Xiaoqun, JIANG Zhongcheng, ZHANG Liankai, HUANG Qibo, LIU Pengyu. 2015: The difference of the weathering rate between carbonate rocks and silicate rocks and its effects on the atmospheric CO2 consumption in the Pearl River Basin. Geological Bulletin of China, 34(9): 1749-1757.

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The difference of the weathering rate between carbonate rocks and silicate rocks and its effects on the atmospheric CO2 consumption in the Pearl River Basin

Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Treatment of Rocky Desertification, Ministry of Land and Resources, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China

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The chemical and strontium isotopic analytical results of water samples collected four times one year from the eleven stations of the Pearl River showed that, with the rock chemical weathering of either carbonate rocks or silicate rocks, HCO3-, Ca2+ and Mg2+ become the main ionic compositions of the river. The river ion stoichiometric and flux calculation shows that the carbonate rock weathering rate and atmospheric CO2 consumption are 27.60mm/ka and 540.21×103mol/(km2?a-1) respectively, which are 10.8 and 6.7 times the silicate rock weathering rate and atmospheric CO2 consumption respectively, so the carbonate rocks are the main rocks of the chemical weathering and atmospheric CO2 sink in the basin. With the favorable climatic conditions and high carbonate rock ratio of the basin, the mean rock weathering rate and atmospheric CO2 consumption in the Pearl River Basin can reach 30.15 mm/ka and 620.36×103mol/(km2?a-1) respectively. The atmospheric CO2 consumption value is about 2.6 times the average value of the 60 rivers in the world.
- carbonate rock weathering,
- silicate rock weathering,
- atmospheric CO2 sink,
- Pearl River Basin

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