Calcium isotopes in the global biogeochemical Ca cycle: Implications for development of a Ca isotope proxy

MS Fantle, ET Tipper - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
At the Earth's surface, calcium (Ca) is a critical element at a variety of scales: it is soluble in
natural waters, a biological nutrient, and a major constituent of the dominant mineral sink for …

Mineral nutrients sourced in deep regolith sustain long‐term nutrition of mountainous temperate forest ecosystems

D Uhlig, W Amelung… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Primary productivity of forest ecosystems depends on the availability of plant‐essential
mineral nutrients. Because nutrient demand of trees often exceeds nutrient supply from rock …

Global Ca cycles: coupling of continental and oceanic processes

N Gussone, AD Schmitt, A Heuser… - Calcium stable isotope …, 2016 - Springer
Calcium is one of the most important mobile metals that can migrate easily between major
geochemical reservoirs at the Earth's surface; the hydrosphere and the biosphere and crust …

[HTML][HTML] Strontium isotopes trace biological activity in the Critical Zone along a climate and vegetation gradient

RA Oeser, F von Blanckenburg - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Weathering and ecosystem nutrition are intimately linked through the supply of fresh mineral
nutrients from regolith and bedrock (the “geogenic nutrient pathway”). However, the …

Radiogenic and stable Sr isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr, δ88/86Sr) as tracers of riverine cation sources and biogeochemical cycling in the Milford Sound region of …

MG Andrews, AD Jacobson, GO Lehn… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
This study reports radiogenic Sr isotope ratios (87 Sr/86 Sr), stable Sr isotope ratios (δ 88/86
Sr), and major ion concentrations for river, rock, sediment, soil, and plant samples collected …

Biogeochemical cycling of Mg and its isotopes in a sugar maple forest in Québec

SR Kimmig, C Holmden, N Bélanger - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
A Mg isotope study of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in a field site in southern
Québec, Canada, and seedlings grown in sterile soil substrate in the laboratory, both …

Calcium biogeochemical cycle at the beech tree-soil solution interface from the Strengbach CZO (NE France): insights from stable Ca and radiogenic Sr isotopes

AD Schmitt, S Gangloff, F Labolle, F Chabaux… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Calcium (Ca) is the fourth most abundant element in mineral nutrition and plays key
physiological and structural roles in plant metabolism. At the soil-water-plant scale, stable …

Volcanic ash in soil is a source of strontium in stream water in chert‐bedrock forests in Mount Amamaki, Japan

MK Koshikawa, M Watanabe, H Sase… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Acid deposition is widespread in Japan, but acidification of stream water is rare in forest
ecosystems. Bedrock‐derived cations, including those released into the soil by weathering …

On the premises of mixing models to define local bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr ranges in archaeological contexts

A Toncala, B Trautmann, M Velte, E Kropf… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In archaeological mobility studies, non-local humans and animals can be identified by
means of stable strontium isotope analysis. However, defining the range of local 87 Sr/86 Sr …

Calcium and strontium isotope dynamics in three polluted forest ecosystems of the Czech Republic, Central Europe

M Novak, C Holmden, J Farkaš, P Kram, J Hruska… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Calcium and strontium isotope ratios were used to identify Ca sources for bulk soil, soil
solutions and runoff in the stressed forest ecosystems of Central Europe. All three study sites …