Lithium, magnesium and silicon isotope behaviour accompanying weathering in a basaltic soil and pore water profile in Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 339-340, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-23

  Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A E ^a,b   Opfergelt, Sophie ^b,c   Lai, Yi Jen ^a   Sigfússon, Bergur ^d   Gislason, Sigurur R ^d   Burton, Kevin W ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Isotope fractionation; Pore waters; Secondary minerals; Soils

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOLS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; COMPOSITION RANGES; ENDMEMBERS; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MG ISOTOPES; PORE WATERS; PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION; RIVER WATER; SEA SALTS; SECONDARY MINERAL FORMATION; SI ISOTOPES; SILICON ISOTOPES; SOIL PORE WATERS; TRACE CONSTITUENTS;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATES; BASALT; DESORPTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY WATER; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; SILICON; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

LITHIUM;

ADSORPTION; ALLOPHANE; BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; POREWATER; SECONDARY MINERAL; SILICON;

ICELAND;

EID: 84862980815     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.035     Document Type: Article

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