Distribution coefficients of REE between Fe oxyhydroxide precipitates and NaCl solutions doped with NaHCO
3 have been determined in pH = 8.1-8.6 and at room temperature and pressure. The coefficient is defined as K
d(REE: ppt./sol.), where REE designates each lanthanide (Ln), Y or Sc. The NaHCO
3 concentration was changed in the range of (0∼12) × 10
-3 M under a constant NaCl concentration (0.45 M). K
d(Sc) rapidly approaches K
d(Lu) as [NaHCO
3] increases. K
d(Y) is lower than K
d(Ho) even in solutions with high [NaHCO
3]. The convex tetrad effect in logK
d(Ln) becomes less conspicuous with increasing [NaHCO
3]. We proposed a method to determine REE-carbonate complexation constants from observed variations of K
d(REE) with increasing [CO
32-, aq]. In solutions with [NaHCO
3] ≥ 1 × 10
-2 M, the dominant dissolved REE species are REE(CO
3)
2-(aq) except for La. We have tentatively determined the stability constants of β
2 for REE(CO
3)
2-(aq) from our preliminary data set, although β
1 for REECO
3+(aq) could not be estimated. The series variation of logβ
2 are compatible with literature values. On the basis of the refined spin-pairing energy theory (RSPET), we have analyzed the series variations of logβ
2 and logK
d(Ln) values with and without Ln(III)-carbonate complexation effect. Racah E
1 parameter is approximately the same between Ln(OH)
3·
nH
2O as the precipitate and Ln(CO
3)
2-(aq), whereas Racah E
3 parameter of Ln(CO
3)
2-(aq) is only slightly larger than that of Ln(OH)
3·
nH
2O. This is the reason that the convex tetrad effect of logK
d(Ln) diminishes as Ln(III)-carbonate complexation proceeds. Our experimental logK
d(Ln) values and apparent logK
d(Ln) ones from marine Mn-Fe deposit/seawater pairs suggest that reported log(β
1/β
2) values for light Ln are slightly smaller than those ought to be.
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