Om {seacarb}R Documentation

Carbonate saturation state for magnesian calcites

Description

Calculates the calcium carbonate saturation state for magnesian calcite

Usage

Om(x, flag, var1, var2, k1k2='x', kf='x', ks="d", pHscale="T", b="u74")

Arguments

x

mole fraction of magnesium ions, note that the function is only valid for x ranging between 0 and 0.25

flag

select the couple of variables available. The flags which can be used are:

flag = 1 pH and CO2 given

flag = 2 CO2 and HCO3 given

flag = 3 CO2 and CO3 given

flag = 4 CO2 and ALK given

flag = 5 CO2 and DIC given

flag = 6 pH and HCO3 given

flag = 7 pH and CO3 given

flag = 8 pH and ALK given

flag = 9 pH and DIC given

flag = 10 HCO3 and CO3 given

flag = 11 HCO3 and ALK given

flag = 12 HCO3 and DIC given

flag = 13 CO3 and ALK given

flag = 14 CO3 and DIC given

flag = 15 ALK and DIC given

flag = 21 pCO2 and pH given

flag = 22 pCO2 and HCO3 given

flag = 23 pCO2 and CO3 given

flag = 24 pCO2 and ALK given

flag = 25 pCO2 and DIC given

var1

Value of the first variable in mol/kg, except for pH and for pCO2 in \muatm

var2

Value of the second variable in mol/kg, except for pH

k1k2

"cw" for using K1 and K2 from Cai & Wang (1998), "l" from Lueker et al. (2000), "m02" from Millero et al. (2002), "m06" from Millero et al. (2006), "m10" from Millero (2010), "mp2" from Mojica Prieto et al. (2002), "p18" from Papadimitriou et al. (2018), "r" from Roy et al. (1993), "sb21" from Shockman & Byrne (2021), "s20" from Sulpis et al. (2020), and "w14" from Waters et al. (2014). "x" is the default flag; the default value is then "l", except if T is outside the range 2 to 35oC and/or S is outside the range 19 to 43. In these cases, the default value is "w14".

kf

"pf" for using Kf from Perez and Fraga (1987) and "dg" for using Kf from Dickson and Riley (1979 in Dickson and Goyet, 1994). "x" is the default flag; the default value is then "pf", except if T is outside the range 9 to 33oC and/or S is outside the range 10 to 40. In these cases, the default is "dg".

ks

"d" for using Ks from Dickson (1990) and "k" for using Ks from Khoo et al. (1977), default is "d"

pHscale

"T" for the total scale, "F" for the free scale and "SWS" for using the seawater scale, default is "T" (total scale)

b

Concentration of total boron. "l10" for the Lee et al. (2010) formulation or "u74" for the Uppstrom (1974) formulation, default is "u74"

Details

It is important to note that this function is only valid for:

Note that the stoichiometric solubility products with respect to Mg-calcite minerals have not been determined experimentally. The saturation state with respect to Mg-calcite minerals is therefore calculated based on ion activities, i.e.,

\Omega_{x} = \frac{ \{Ca^{2+}\}^{1-x} \{Mg^{2+}\}^{x} \{CO_{3}\}^{2-} } { K_{x} }

The ion activity {a} is calculated based on the observed ion concentrations [C] multiplied by the total ion activity coefficient, \gamma_T, which has been determined experimentally or from theory (e.g. Millero & Pierrot 1998): {a}=\gamma_T[C]. Because a true equilibrium cannot be achieved with respect to Mg-calcite minerals, K_x represents a metastable equilibrium state obtained from what has been referred to as stoichiometric saturation (Thorstenson & Plummer 1977; a term not equivalent to the definition of the stoichiometric solubility product, see for example Morse et al. (2006) and references therein). In the present calculation calcium and magnesium concentrations were calculated based on salinity. Total ion activity coefficients with respect to Ca^{2+}, Mg^{2+}, and CO_{3}^{2-} were adopted from Millero & Pierrot (1998).

The Lueker et al. (2000) constants for K1 and K2, the Perez and Fraga (1987) constant for Kf and the Dickson (1990) constant for Ks are recommended by Dickson et al. (2007). It is, however, critical to consider that each formulation is only valid for specific ranges of temperature and salinity:

For K1 and K2:

For Kf:

For Ks:

The arguments can be given as a unique number or as vectors. If the lengths of the vectors are different, the longer vector is retained and only the first value of the other vectors is used. It is recommended to use either vectors with the same dimension or one vector for one argument and numbers for the other arguments.

Pressure corrections and pH scale:

Value

The function returns a list with

OmegaMgCa_biogenic

Mg-calcite saturation state for minimally prepared biogenic Mg-calcite.

OmegaMgCa_biogenic_cleaned

Mg-calcite saturation state for cleaned and annealed biogenic Mg-calcite.

Author(s)

Heloise Lavigne, Andreas J. Andersson and Jean-Pierre Gattuso jean-pierre.gattuso@imev-mer.fr

References

Only the references related to the saturation state of magnesian calcite are listed below; the other references are listed under the carb function.

Andersson A. J., Mackenzie F. T., Nicholas R. B., 2008, Life on the margin: implications of ocean acidification on Mg-calcite, high latitude and cold-water marine calcifiers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373, 265-273.

Bischoff W. D., Mackenzie F. T. and Bishop F. C., 1987. Stabilities of synthetic magnesian calcites in aqueous solution: comparison with biogenic materials. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51:1413-1423.

Millero F. J. and Pierrot D., 1998. A chemical equilibrium model for natural waters. Aquatic Geochemistry 4, 153-199.

Morse J. W., Andersson A. J. and Mackenzie F. T., 2006. Initial responses of carbonate-rich shelf sediments to rising atmospheric pCO2 and ocean acidification: Role of high Mg-calcites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 5814-5830.

Plummer L. N. and Mackenzie F. T., 1974. Predicting mineral solubility from rate data: application to the dissolution of magnesian calcites. American Journal of Science 274:61-83.

Thorstenson D.C. and Plummer L.N., 1977. Equilibrium criteria for two component solids reacting with fixed composition in an aqueous phase-example: the magnesian calcites. American Journal of Science 277, 1203-1233.

Examples

Om(x=seq(0.01, 0.252, 0.01), flag=8, var1=8.2, var2=0.00234, 
  k1k2='x', kf='x', ks="d", pHscale="T", b="u74")

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