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Active serpentinization in the Santa Elena Ophiolite (Costa Rica) as a testbed for in-situ carbon storage
Esteban GazelAssociate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric SciencesFaculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability
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Buz Barstow, Cornell Biological andEnvironmental Engineering
Mingming Wu, Cornell Biological andEnvironmental Engineering
Ricardo Sanchez-Murillo, Stable Isotope Research Group National University of Costa Rica (Moving to UT Arlington)
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Earth’s Mantle
Ultramafic rock: composed of >90% mafic (magnesium and ferric) minerals. Make most of Earth (and other rock planets) mantle. Most common mineral = olivine (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
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Earth by S. Marshak (2001)
Mantle Plume
Hot Spot
Mid-Ocean RidgeArc
Where does ultramafic rocks/peridotite forms?
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KLEIN & PHILPOTTS_Tbl. 11.1
Relative stability of igneous rock forming minerals during weathering
NaAlSi3O8SiO2(Fe,Mg)2SiO4
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Peridotite-Basalt (olivine) Rhyolite (qtz + k-feld)Andesite (Na-feld)
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Natural Mineral Dissolution Rates
[Kelemen et al.,2019]
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Liguria Ophicalcite (Carbonated Serpentinite),Deep Carbon Observatory
In situ carbonation of peridotite(Fe,Mg)2SiO4 [olivine]+ nH2O + CO2 → Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 [serpentine] + Fe3O4[magnetite] + MgCO3 [magnesite] + SiO2 [silica] + H2(g)
[Kelemen & Matter, PNAS, 2008]
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XYZ stack scan:55 µm x 55 µm x 35 µm20 XY layers of 55 x 55 pixelsIntegration time: 1 s per spectrumLaser power: 9 mw
Olivine (Mg,Fe)2SiO4
Glass
CO2
Raman 3D Map of in-situ carbonation in an olivine-hosted melt inclusion
Liquid CO2 (and carbonate)
[DeVitre, Gazel, et al. in preparation]
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Pillow BasaltsSanta RosaAccretionary Complex
Santa Elena Nappe
Dolerite dikes
Dike swarm
A A’North
86°00'
10°50'
Playa Santa Rosa
Murcielago Is. (109 Ma)
Potrero Grandetectonic window
Pacific Ocean
N
5 km
Punta El Respingue
Layered gabbros (124 Ma), B. Nancite A
A’
Santa Elena
[Gazel et al., 2006]
The Santa Elena Ophiolite (Costa Rica)
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Active serpentinization/carbonation in the Santa Elena Ophiolite
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Active serpentinization/carbonation in the Santa Elena Ophiolite
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Active serpentinization/carbonation in the Santa Elena Ophiolite
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The Santa Elena system is sustained by recharge in the raining season
[Sanchez-Murillo, Gazel, et al., G-cubed 2014]
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Calcium in this study has a maximumreported value for an activesepentinization system ( of 167 mg/L).
This is evidence of highserpentinization rates, making this anideal location for determining thereaction kinetics of the sepentinizationprocess and interaction with life.
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[Sanchez-Murillo, Gazel, et al., G-cubed 2014]
Active serpentinization/carbonation in the Santa Elena Ophiolite
Isotope composition of hyperalkaline fluids is remarkably similar to the GW signal, whichsupports the hypothesis that during prolonged dry periods these hyperalkaline springs aremaintained by deep subsurface aquifers recharged during the rainy season.
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Santa Elena’s carbon and oxygen isotope composition of carbonates is within the rangeof similar ultramafic-hosted carbonate deposits and suggests that the process ofcarbonation is strongly kinetically controlled but could be mediated by life.
[Sanchez-Murillo; Gazel, et al. G-cubed 2014]
Active serpentinization/carbonation in the Santa Elena Ophiolite
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Division Family;Genus Metabolism MurciélagoSpring8
MurciélagoSpring9
DantaSpring
BacteriaHydrogenophilaceae;Hydrogenophilus Hydrogenoxidation 0.24 0.01 0.00
BacteriaRhodobacteraceae;
Paracoccus Hydrogenoxidation 0.18 0.02 0.00
BacteriaComamonadaceae;Hydrogenophaga Hydrogenoxidation 8.10 19.82 3.21
BacteriaMethylobacteriaceae;
Meganema Methaneoxidation 0.12 0.00 0.00
BacteriaMethylobacteriaceae;Methylobacterium Methaneoxidation 0.26 0.01 0.01
BacteriaComamonadaceae;
Methylibium Methanoloxidation 49.64 1.36 0.70
ArchaeaMethanobacteriaceae;Met
hanobacterium Methanogenesis 0.46 0.83 0.14
ArchaeaMethanobacteriaceae;Methanobrevibacter Methanogenesis 0.00 0.53 0.00
ArchaeaMethanobacteriaceae;
genus Methanogenesis 0.00 3.75 28.87
ArchaeaMethanocellaceae;Rice_Cluster_I Methanogenesis 1.29 4.51 0.00
ArchaeaMethanospirillaceae;Methanospirillum Methanogenesis 0.01 6.79 0.00
Metabolisms related with active serpentinization in Santa Elena
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Model for Active Serpentinization/Carbonation in the Santa Elena Ophiolite
[Sanchez-Murillo; Gazel, et al., G-cubed 2014]
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Carbonation Reaction Rates
[Kelemen et al., 2019]
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[Kelemen et al., 2019]
Cost of storing CO2
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Potential for recovery of strategic metals
Fe-Ni-Cu alloy Native Cu and Pentlandite
[Schwarzenbach, Gazel, & Caddick, 2014]
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dunite
harzburgite
lherzolite
Cu
(ppm
)
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[Vaughan & Scarrow, 2003]
Where in the world we find ultramafic rocks?
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[MacDonaldet al. 2008]
Where in the US?
Ultramafic rocks
[East Coast, MacDonald et al., 2008; West Coast, USGS I-476]
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Serpentinite, Staten Island (NY),
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Serpentinite, Staten Island (NY) with carbonate veins