Silicon isotope variations accompanying basalt weathering in Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 476-490

  Georg, R B ^a,b   Reynolds, B C ^b   West, A J ^a   Burton, K W ^c   Halliday, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Iceland; isotopes; MC ICP MS; silicon; weathering

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC COMPOSITION; ICELAND; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; SILICON ISOTOPE;

BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; SILICON; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ICE COVER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SILICON; WEATHERING RATE;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34548529698     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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