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  • Presentation | B12B: Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal and Improved Soil and Agronomic Properties II Oral
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  • B12B-06: Field-Scale Tracing of Enhanced Rock Weathering Using Sr Isotopes in an Agricultural Catchment
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Author(s):
Rob Rioux, Yale University (First Author, Presenting Author)
Ella Milliken, Yale University
Alicia Bateman, Yale University
Chaoliu Li, Yale University
Dan Asael, Yale University
Peter Raymond, Yale University
Noah Planavsky, Yale University
James Saiers, Yale University


Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) could make meaningful contributions to carbon-dioxide removal, yet quantifying its field performance remains difficult. This study shows that the 87Sr/86Sr ratio of strontium, a unique fingerprint of both the parent material and of the applied basalt, can trace basalt-derived solutes exported from agricultural catchments. After spreading 44.8 t ha⁻¹ of basalt across 75 ha of cropland in southern Virginia, we observed the stream draining the fields shift steadily from the native granitic signature toward that of the basalt. A two-end-member mixing model, paired with a stream flow model, converted this isotopic signal into time-resolved fluxes of dissolved basalt and, by stoichiometry, the associated CO₂ uptake. The approach lays a practical foundation for rigorous MRV of ERW projects.



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