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The effect of time on the weathering of silicate minerals: why do weathering rates differ in the laboratory and field?

Art F.White, Susan L.Brantley Abstract The correlation between decreasing reaction rates of silicate minerals and increasing duration of chemical weathering was investigated for both experimental and field conditions. Column studies, using freshly prepared Panola Granite, produced ambient plagioclase weathering rates that decreased parabolically over 6 years to a final rate of 7.0* 10^-14 mol m^-2 s^-1  1. In contrast, the corresponding plagioclase reaction rate for partially kaolinized Panola Granite, after reaching steady-state weathering after 2 months of reactions, was significantly less (2.1 *10^-15 mol m^-2 s^-1). Both rates were ...