The behaviour of magnesium and its isotopes during glacial weathering in an ancient shield terrain in West Greenland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 260-269

  Wimpenny, Josh ^a   Burton, Kevin W ^a   James, Rachael H ^a   Gannoun, Abdelmouhcine ^a   Mokadem, Fatima ^a   Gíslason, Siguröur R ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Glacial weathering; Greenland; Isotope fractionation; Magnesium isotopes; Weathering fluxes

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DISSOLVED LOAD; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GLACIAL RIVERS; GLACIAL WEATHERING; GREENLAND; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MG CONCENTRATIONS; MG ISOTOPES; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; PREFERENTIAL DISSOLUTION; SATURATION STATE; SECONDARY MINERAL FORMATION; SHIELD TERRAIN; SOLID-PHASE; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEST GREENLAND;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

ISOTOPES;

BEDLOAD; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL DEPOSIT; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 79952620731     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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