Pore Scale Geochemical Processes

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2015

Pore Scale Geochemical Processes

Edited by: Carl I. Steefel , Simon Emmanuel and Lawrence Anovitz

Volume 80 in the series Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502071

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About this book

This RiMG (Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry) volume includes contributions that review experimental, characterization, and modeling advances in our understanding of pore-scale geochemical processes. The volume had its origins in a special theme session at the 2015 Goldschmidt Conference in Prague. From a diversity of pore-scale topics that ranged from multi-scale characterization to modeling, this work summarizes the state-of-the-science in this subject.

Topics include:

modification of thermodynamics and kinetics in small pores.

chemo-mechanical processes and how they affect porosity evolution in geological media.

small angle neutron scattering (SANS) techniques.

how isotopic gradients across fluid–mineral boundaries can develop and how these provide insight into pore-scale processes.

Information on an important class of models referred to as "pore network" and much more.

The material in this book is accessible for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the earth, material, environmental, hydrological, and biological sciences.

The pore scale is readily recognizable to geochemists, and yet in the past it has not received a great deal of attention as a distinct scale or environment that is associated with its own set of questions and challenges. Is the pore scale merely an environment in which smaller scale (molecular) processes aggregate, or are there emergent phenomena unique to this scale? Is it simply a finer-grained version of the "continuum" scale that is addressed in larger-scale models and interpretations? The scale is important because it accounts for the pore architecture within which such diverse processes as multi-mineral reaction networks, microbial community interaction, and transport play out, giving rise to new geochemical behavior that might not be understood or predicted by considering smaller or larger scales alone.

With an Impact Factor of 6.120 the series Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry is number 1 in the category Mineralogy in the 2015 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Report/Science Edition.

Author / Editor information

C. I. Steefel, Lawr. Berkeley Nat. Lab.; S. Emmanuel, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem; L.M. Anovitz, Oak Ridge Nat. Lab.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1. Transient Porosity Resulting from Fluid–Mineral Interaction and its Consequences Andrew Putnis Publicly Available Download PDF	1
2. Pore-Scale Controls on Reaction-Driven Fracturing Anja Røyne and Bjørn Jamtveit Publicly Available Download PDF	25
3. Effects of Coupled Chemo-Mechanical Processes on the Evolution of Pore-Size Distributions in Geological Media Simon Emmanuel, Lawrence M. Anovitz and Ruarri J. Day-Stirrat Publicly Available Download PDF	45
4. Characterization and Analysis of Porosity and Pore Structures Lawrence M. Anovitz and David R. Cole Publicly Available Download PDF	61
5. Precipitation in Pores: A Geochemical Frontier Andrew G. Stack Publicly Available Download PDF	165
6. Pore-Scale Process Coupling and Effective Surface Reaction Rates in Heterogeneous Subsurface Materials Chongxuan Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Sebastien Kerisit and John Zachara Publicly Available Download PDF	191
7. Micro-Continuum Approaches for Modeling Pore-Scale Geochemical Processes Carl I. Steefel, Lauren E. Beckingham and Gautier Landrot Publicly Available Download PDF	217
8. Resolving Time-dependent Evolution of Pore-Scale Structure, Permeability and Reactivity using X-ray Microtomography Catherine Noiriel Publicly Available Download PDF	247
9. Ionic Transport in Nano-Porous Clays with Consideration of Electrostatic Effects Christophe Tournassat and Carl I Steefel Publicly Available Download PDF	287
10. How Porosity Increases During Incipient Weathering of Crystalline Silicate Rocks Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Susan L. Brantley and Gernot Rother Publicly Available Download PDF	331
11. Isotopic Gradients Across Fluid–Mineral Boundaries Jennifer L. Druhan, Shaun T. Brown and Christian Huber Publicly Available Download PDF	355
12. Lattice Boltzmann-Based Approaches for Pore-Scale Reactive Transport Hongkyu Yoon, Qinjun Kang and Albert J. Valocchi Publicly Available Download PDF	393
13. Mesoscale and Hybrid Models of Fluid Flow and Solute Transport Yashar Mehmani and Matthew T. Balhoff Publicly Available Download PDF	433
14. Reactive Interfaces in Direct Numerical Simulation of Pore-Scale Processes Sergi Molins Publicly Available Download PDF	461

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students and researchers of Geochemistry.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 481
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 89
- Coloured Illustrations: 114
- Tables: 4

eBook

Published: September 25, 2015
ISBN: 9781501502071

Paperback

Published: November 21, 2016
ISBN: 9780939950966