The fate of subducting carbon tracked by Mg and Zn isotopes: A review and new perspectives

SA Liu, YR Qu, ZZ Wang, ML Li, C Yang, SG Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Tracking the final fate of subducting carbon is crucial to understanding global carbon cycles
and climate changes in the history of the Earth. Available geochemical tracers such as …

A nationwide survey of trace metals and Zn isotopic signatures in mussels (Mytilus edulis) and oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from the coast of South Korea

H Jeong, K Ra, JH Won - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Thirteen trace metals and Zn isotopic signatures were investigated in mussels and oysters
collected from the coast of South Korea to evaluate their bioavailability in bivalve mollusks …

Site-specific isotope fractionation during Zn adsorption onto birnessite: Insights from X-ray absorption spectroscopy, density functional theory and surface …

Z Wang, C Peacock, KD Kwon, X Gu, X Feng… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Birnessite minerals help control the fate of Zn in surface environments and readily
fractionate Zn isotopes through adsorption reactions, yet little is known about the role played …

Mg and Zn isotope evidence for two types of mantle metasomatism and deep recycling of magnesium carbonates

SA Liu, ZZ Wang, C Yang, SG Li… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To test the ability of Mg and Zn isotopes in discriminating between different types of mantle
metasomatism and identifying deep carbon cycling, here we present a comparative study on …

Recycled Carbonate‐Bearing Silicate Sediments in the Sources of Circum‐Mediterranean K‐Rich Lavas: Evidence From Mg‐Zn Isotopic Decoupling

ZT Shu, SA Liu, D Prelević, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The high flux of subaerial volcanic CO2 emissions around the circum‐Mediterranean region
requires the involvement of an unusually carbon‐rich reservoir, but the origin of which is still …

A global assessment of copper, zinc, and lead isotopes in mineral dust sources and aerosols

NJ Schleicher, S Dong, H Packman, SH Little… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The stable isotope compositions of Cu and Zn in major geochemical reservoirs are
increasingly studied with the aim to develop these isotope systems as tools to investigate the …

Zinc isotope fractionation in mantle rocks and minerals, and a revised δ66Zn value for the Bulk Silicate Earth

SB Fang, J Huang, XC Zhang, DA Ionov… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The isotope composition of zinc (Zn) can be an important tracer of planetary formation and
differentiation, but estimates of the Bulk Silicate Earth (BSE) and the extent and origin of Zn …

Zinc isotope fractionation between Cr-spinel and olivine and its implications for chromite crystallization during magma differentiation

C Yang, SA Liu, L Zhang, ZZ Wang, PP Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
We report the first zinc isotope data (expressed as δ 66 Zn relative to the JMC-Lyon
standard) for chromian spinels (Cr-spinels) and coexisting olivines in oceanic peridotites. All …

Evolution of intraplate alkaline to tholeiitic basalts via interaction between carbonated melt and lithospheric mantle

ZZ Wang, SA Liu - Journal of Petrology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Intraplate basaltic volcanism commonly exhibits wide compositional ranges from silica-
undersaturated alkaline basalts to silica-saturated tholeiitic basalts. Possible mechanisms …

Contrasting fates of subducting carbon related to different oceanic slabs in East Asia

SA Liu, T Wu, S Li, Z Wang, J Liu - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Subduction transfers surface carbon into the Earth's interior in a main form of carbonates that
influences the global carbon cycles and surface climate through geologic time …