Biogeochemical cycle of chromium isotopes at the modern Earth's surface and its applications as a paleo-environment proxy

W Wei, R Klaebe, HF Ling, F Huang, R Frei - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a redox-sensitive metal element with two natural oxidation states,
commonly as the soluble Cr (VI) oxyanion (CrO 4 2− or HCrO 4−) and the insoluble Cr (III) …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of chromium isotope fractionation and the applications in the environment

Y Li, Y Huang, Z Li, X Tang, X Liu… - … and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal that gives rise to environmental pollution and human
risk. Chromium stable isotopes have a wide range of applications in both environmental field …

Mesoproterozoic oxygenation event: From shallow marine to atmosphere

B Xie, J Zhu, X Wang, D Xu, L Zhou, X Zhou… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Oxygen availability is crucial for the evolution of eukaryotes in geological history, but the
redox conditions of the mid-Proterozoic atmospheric-oceanic system remain vigorously …

[HTML][HTML] Strong positive fractionation of chromium isotopes in iron formation of the Jacadigo Group (Brazil)–A link to enhanced atmospheric oxygenation during the …

TB Árting, PC Boggiani, C Gaucher, HA Fernandes… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cr isotopes recorded in iron formations (IF) are considered to have the potential to reflect the
isotope signatures in respective ambient surface seawater. The∼ 600 Ma Fe and Mn …

[HTML][HTML] Shallow retardation of the strontium isotope signal of agricultural liming-implications for isoscapes used in provenance studies

R Frei, KM Frei, S Jessen - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
An intensified debate centers on the use of strontium isotopes in surface water run-off as
archive for bioavailable signatures in prehistoric provenance studies. Its use has been …

A transient swing to higher oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans at~ 1.4 Ga

W Wei, R Frei, R Klaebe, D Tang, GY Wei, D Li… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The mid-Proterozoic (1.8–0.8 Ga) may have witnessed persistent and predominant
anoxia at the Earth's surface. However, recent studies suggest that there was a period …

[HTML][HTML] The link between surface water and groundwater-based drinking water–strontium isotope spatial distribution patterns and their relationships to Danish …

R Frei, KM Frei, SM Kristiansen, S Jessen… - Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
The hydrological relationship between surface waters and groundwaters in many regions of
the world is well known and the effects of their mutual interaction and interaction with the …

[HTML][HTML] Combined cadmium and chromium isotopes record a collapse of bioproductivity across the Cretaceous—Paleogene boundary in the Danish basin

JA Frederiksen, N Thibault, GJ Gilleaudeau… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) isotope signatures (δ 114 Cd) deduced from modern and ancient marine
deposits are often used as a proxy for bioproductivity and for micronutrient cycling, whereas …

Chromium isotope systematics and the diagenesis of marine carbonates

C Wang, CT Reinhard, KS Rybacki, DS Hardisty… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stable chromium (Cr) isotopes have emerged as a new tool for tracking broad-scale
changes in Earth's surface oxygen levels. Carbonates are one proposed sedimentary Cr …

Constraints on the volume and rate of Deccan Traps flood basalt eruptions using a combination of high-resolution terrestrial mercury records and geochemical box …

IM Fendley, T Mittal, CJ Sprain… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Deccan Traps continental flood basalt eruptions spanned the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass
extinction, erupting over a million cubic kilometers of basalt over a total duration of …