Timing of carbon uptake by oceanic crust determined by rock reactivity
Elmar Albers, Svenja Jöns, Axel Gerdes, Andreas Klügel, Christoph Beier, Simone A. Kasemann, Wolfgang Bach Geology 51 (2023), 875 https://doi.org/10.1130/G51238.1 Carbonate formation during the alteration [...] 50–74 Ma basaltic basement of the Louisville Seamount Chain. More than 90% of the carbonate formed <20 m.y. after seamount emplacement. Vesicle carbonate precipitated within 8 m.y. (median = 2.9 m.y.) whereas