Magnesium isotope fractionation during hydrous magnesium carbonate precipitation with and without cyanobacteria

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 76, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-174

  Mavromatis, Vasileios ^a   Pearce, Christopher R ^c   Shirokova, Liudmila S ^a,b   Bundeleva, Irina A ^a   Pokrovsky, Oleg S ^a   Benezeth, Pascale ^a   Oelkers, Eric H ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOMASS; CARBONATE ROCK; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUPERSATURATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA;

EID: 84855901000     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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