Magnesium isotope geochemistry

FZ Teng - Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Magnesium (Mg) has an atomic number of 12 and belongs to the alkaline earth element
(Group II) of the Periodic Table. The pure Mg is a silvery white metal and has a melting point …

Olivine dissolution rates: A critical review

EH Oelkers, J Declercq, GD Saldi, SR Gislason… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The dissolution rates of olivine have been considered by a plethora of studies in part due to
its potential to aid in carbon storage and the ease in obtaining pure samples for laboratory …

Riverine Li isotope fractionation in the Amazon River basin controlled by the weathering regimes

M Dellinger, J Gaillardet, J Bouchez, D Calmels… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
We report Li isotope composition (δ 7 Li) of river-borne dissolved and solid material in the
largest River system on Earth, the Amazon River basin, to characterize Li isotope …

High-precision Mg isotope analyses of low-Mg rocks by MC-ICP-MS

Y An, F Wu, Y Xiang, X Nan, X Yu, J Yang, H Yu, L Xie… - Chemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a method for precise measurement of Mg isotope ratios for low-Mg rock samples
(where MgO< 1 wt.%) by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC …

Origin of low δ26Mg Cenozoic basalts from South China Block and their geodynamic implications

J Huang, SG Li, Y Xiao, S Ke, WY Li, Y Tian - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2015 - Elsevier
Origin of low δ 26 Mg basalts is a controversial subject and has been attributed to interaction
of isotopically light carbonatitic melts derived from a subducted oceanic slab with the mantle …

Investigating the behaviour of Mg isotopes during the formation of clay minerals

J Wimpenny, CA Colla, QZ Yin, JR Rustad… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
We present elemental and isotopic data detailing how the Mg isotope system behaves in
natural and experimentally synthesized clay minerals. We show that the bulk Mg isotopic …

Magnesium isotopic compositions of international geological reference materials

FZ Teng, WY Li, S Ke, W Yang, SA Liu… - Geostandards and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Magnesium isotopic compositions are reported for twenty‐four international geological
reference materials including igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, as well as …

Reviews and syntheses: Biological weathering and its consequences at different spatial levels–from nanoscale to global scale

RD Finlay, S Mahmood, N Rosenstock… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Plant nutrients can be recycled through microbial decomposition of organic matter but
replacement of base cations and phosphorus, lost through harvesting of biomass/biofuels or …

The magnesium isotope (δ26Mg) signature of dolomites

A Geske, RH Goldstein, V Mavromatis… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Dolomite precipitation models and kinetics are debated and complicated due to the complex
and temporally fluctuating fluid chemistry and different diagenetic environments. Using well …

Copper and iron isotope fractionation during weathering and pedogenesis: Insights from saprolite profiles

SA Liu, FZ Teng, S Li, GJ Wei, JL Ma, D Li - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2014 - Elsevier
Iron and copper isotopes are useful tools to track redox transformation and biogeochemical
cycling in natural environment. To study the relationships of stable Fe and Cu isotopic …