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[email protected] Universitat de Barcelona España SANZ, E.; AYORA, C.; CARRERA, J. Calcite dissolution by mixing waters: geochemical modeling and flow-through experiments Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal, vol. 9, núm. 1, marzo, 2011, pp. 67-77 Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50522124007 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Geologica Acta, Vol.9, Nº 1, March 2011, 67-77 DOI: 10.1344/105.000001652 Available online at www.geologica-acta.com Calcite dissolution by mixing waters: geochemical modeling and flow-through experiments 1 2 1 E. SANZ C. AYORA J. CARRERA 1 ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company Houston, Texas, USA E-mail:
[email protected] 2 Institute of Enviromental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-ECSIC Barcelona, Spain ABSTRACT TABLE CAPTIONS Dissolution of carbonates has been commonly predicted by geochemical models to occur at the seawater-freshwater mixing zone of coastal aquifers along a geological time scale. However, field evidences are inconclusive:dissolution TABLE 1 Input end-member solutions used in the experiments and numerical simulations. Ω accounts for saturation, and I for ionic strength. vs. lack of dissolution. In this study we investigate the process of calcite dissolution by mixing waters of different salinities and pCO2, by means of geochemical modeling and laboratory experiments.