Calcium isotope constraints on the uptake and sources of Ca2+ in a base-poor forest: A new concept of combining stable (δ44/42Ca) and radiogenic (εCa) signals

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7031-7046

  Farkaš, Juraj ^a,b   Déjeant, Adrien ^a,c   Novák, Martin ^b   Jacobsen, Stein B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CALCIUM; CATION; DISSOLUTION; FOREST FLOOR; ION EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOPSOIL; TREE; WEATHERING;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WACHUSETT RESERVOIR;

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 80054069764     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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