Chapter 5.06: Plants and Mineral Weathering: Present and Past.

Part 6 of Chapter 5 of the book "Treatise on Geochemistry" is presented. It looks at the role of plants on weathering. According to a study by researcher J. J. Ebelmen, the roots and organic acids secreted by plants promote the weathering of rocks and that silicate rock weathering was a key factor in the control of atmospheric carbon dioxide over geological time. The effects of rooted vascular plants and their associated microbiota may be grouped into chemical processes and physical processes.