Fundamental processes controlling the first stage of alteration of a basalt glass by seawater: an experimental study between 200° and 320°C

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Aug 1987

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 84, Issue 4, p. 431-445.

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The first stage of alteration of a basalt glass by seawater has been studied experimentally between 200° and 320°C under vapor pressure, following both the chemical evolution of the reacting solutions during the experiments and the chemical and mineralogical transformations of the altered glass surface via microprobe, scanning transmission electron microscope and resonant nuclear reactions.
The alteration is controlled by diffusion of dissolved species through an altered layer and not by surface chemical reaction. Selective removal of cations with respect to SiO2 leads to the formation of a thick, porous protonated surface layer enriched in SiO2. Aqueous diffusion of dissolved species from the reacting glass and from solution through the pores of this layer results in the formation of an amorphous silicate gel which is the precursor of normal crystalline clays (saponites) appearing in a later stage.
Computer simulations of the alteration generated with the EQ3/6 computer software package account for the chemical composition of the rim and the sequence of secondary minerals found in the experiments.

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