Contrasting lithium and magnesium isotope fractionation during continental weathering

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-71

  Teng, Fang Zhen ^a   Li, Wang Ye ^a,b   Rudnick, Roberta L ^c   Gardner, L Robert ^d  

^a Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental weathering; Isotope fractionation; Lithium; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL WEATHERING; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KINETIC ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LI ISOTOPES; LI-CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; MG CONCENTRATIONS; MG ISOTOPES; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; TWO-STEP PROCESS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISTILLATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

LITHIUM;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIABASE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; SAPROLITE; WATER TABLE;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149495765     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.036     Document Type: Article

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