Global warming has greatly threatened the human living environment and carbon capture and storage(CCS)technology is recognized as a promising way to reduce carbon emissions.Mineral storage is considered a reliable option for long-term carbon storage.Basalt rich in alkaline earth elements facilitates rapid and permanent CO_(2) fixation as carbonates.However,the complex CO_(2)-fluid-basalt interaction poses challenges for assessing carbon storage potential.Under different reaction conditions,the carbonation products and carbonation rates vary.Carbon mineralization reactions also induce petrophysical and mechanical responses,which have potential risks for the long-term injectivity and the carbon storage safety in basalt reservoirs.In this paper,recent advances in carbon mineralization storage in basalt based on laboratory research are comprehensively reviewed.The assessment methods for carbon storage potential are introduced and the carbon trapping mechanisms are investigated with the identification of the controlling factors.Changes in pore structure,permeability and mechanical properties in both static reactions and reactive percolation experiments are also discussed.This study could provide insight into challenges as well as perspectives for future research.
Lunar basalts offer key insights into the magmatic and thermal evolution of the Moon.Geochronologic constraints deduced from the Apollo and Luna mission samples,as well as lunar meteorites,had previously suggested that lunar volcanism occurred as early as ca.≥4.37 billion years ago(Ga)[1]and ceased around 2.9-2.8 Ga[2],with two major pulses occurring in 3.95-3.58 and 3.38-3.08 Ga[3].But analysis of lunar basaltic samples recently returned by the Chang’e-5 mission reveals 2-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon,representing the youngest lunar basalts reported to date[4,5].One of the most popular hypotheses for the cause of longlived volcanism on the Moon is that the source region for young lunar volcanism was enriched in radioactive heat-producing elements[2,6].Lunar samples from 3.5 to 3.0 Ga exhibit a gradual increase in the potassium,rare-earth elements,and phosphorus(KREEP)-like component contribution[3],consistent with the radioactive heat-producing elements hypothesis.However,the demonstrably non-KREEP origin for the 2-billion-year-old Chang’e-5 basalts implies a possible transition in lunar volcanism away from a KREEP-like component contribution occurred between 3.0 and 2.03 Ga[7].Therefore,studying the characteristics and origin of magmatic activity during the period from 3.0 to2.03 Ga is essential to address the timing of the possible transition and to thus extend our understanding of sustaining long-lived volcanism on the Moon.However,this goal is currently hampered by limited available lunar materials.
