Editors Selections, American Mineralogist: Dissolving the mantle as a solution for surface dwellers energy and climate problems? On page 1738 of this issue, Andreani et al. show that the presence of aluminum greatly enhances the rates of dissolution of olivine and concomitant precipitation of serpentine. This is not only of great geological interest since it affects the dynamics of plate tectonics but could potentially have social implications since the serpentinization reaction is a low-energy and carbon-free way of producing H2 and binding CO2. Andreani, M., Daniel, I., and Pollet-Villard, M. (2013) Aluminum speeds up the hydrothermal alteration of olivine. ammin.geoscienceworld.org/content/98/10/1738.abstract
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