Applications of mercury stable isotopes for tracing volcanism in the geologic record

Q Gong, MX Ling, W Zheng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Mercury (Hg) enrichments in ancient sediments have been used as a proxy of volcanism,
especially large igneous province (LIP) eruptions. However, considering the existence of …

Do mercury isotopes record the signature of massive volcanism in marine sedimentary records?

AM Thibodeau, BA Bergquist - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Hg with small positive∆ 199Hg values, which Grasby et al. propose could result from the
absorption of atmospheric Hg2+ by volcanic plume ash or the photoreduction of Hg2+ in the …

Mercury isotopes of the Late Ordovician to Middle Triassic tuff layers in South China link the fate of ancient volcanism and the mass extinction

X Ni, R Yin, R Yang, W Qiao, J Chen, J Gao - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) anomalies in sedimentary records are a newly developed proxy of large
volcanism in the geological past. Tuff layers host abundant volcanic ash and record key …

Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large …

JA Yager, AJ West, AM Thibodeau, FA Corsetti… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mercury is gaining prominence as a proxy for large igneous province (LIP) volcanism in the
sedimentary record. Despite temporal overlap between some mass extinctions and LIPs, the …

Mercury loss and isotope fractionation during thermal maturation of organic-rich mudrocks

Z Liu, H Tian, R Yin, D Chen, H Gai - Chemical Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) concentration and isotopic composition of organic-rich sedimentary rocks have
been widely used as proxies to track ancient volcanism and associated environmental …

Mercury isotope evidence for a non-volcanic origin of Hg spikes at the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, South China

J Shen, TJ Algeo, Q Feng - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Ordovician-Silurian transition (OST) sections of South China contain extremely high mercury
(Hg) concentrations (> 1000 ppb) of uncertain provenance. The main hypotheses …

Mercury isotope variation during organic matter maturation to petroleum

Y Zhou, S Tang, TJ Algeo, J Shen, Y Li - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Although both sedimentary rocks and petroleum generally contain detectable levels of Hg,
the characteristics of Hg isotope fractionation and its transformation from biomass to …

Spatiotemporal distribution of global mercury enrichments through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and links to volcanism

S Jin, DB Kemp, J Shen, R Yin, DW Jolley, M Vieira… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mercury (Hg) concentrations and Hg isotopes have been widely used to fingerprint
geological volcanism. Mercury content, as a more accessible proxy, is more frequently used …

Sedimentary host phases of mercury (Hg) and implications for use of Hg as a volcanic proxy

J Shen, Q Feng, TJ Algeo, J Liu, C Zhou, W Wei… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) concentration enrichments have become a widely used proxy for volcanic
inputs to sediments, especially for investigation of ancient large igneous province (LIP) …

Mercury isotopic composition of igneous rocks from an accretionary orogen: Implications for lithospheric recycling

C Deng, J Gou, D Sun, G Sun, Z Tian… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Mercury (Hg) provides critical information on terrestrial planet formation and evolution due to
its unique physicochemical properties and multiform isotopic compositions. Current …