Using Mg Isotopes to Trace Cyanobacterially Mediated Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in Alkaline Lakes

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-24

  Shirokova, Liudmila S ^a,b   Mavromatis, Vasileios ^a   Bundeleva, Irina A ^a,d   Pokrovsky, Oleg S ^a,b   Bénézeth, Pascale ^a   Gérard, Emmanuelle ^d   Pearce, Christopher R ^e   Oelkers, Eric H ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline lakes; Hydromagnesite precipitation; Magnesium isotope fractionation

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAKE WATER; MAGNESIUM; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

BURDUR [TURKEY]; SALDA LAKE; TURKEY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870615076     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-012-9174-3     Document Type: Article

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