Magnesium isotope fractionation between brucite [Mg(OH)2] and Mg aqueous species: Implications for silicate weathering and biogeochemical processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-93

  Li, Weiqiang ^a,b   Beard, Brian L ^a,b   Li, Chengxiang ^c   Johnson, Clark M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA Astrobiology Institute   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brucite; EDTA; Fractionation; Mg isotope; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; FRACTIONATION; IONS; MAGNESIA; OXIDE MINERALS; SERPENTINE; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BRUCITE; LATTICE CONFIGURATION; MG ISOTOPES; OCTAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; OCTAHEDRALLY COORDINATED; SILICATE WEATHERING; SYNTHESIS EXPERIMENT;

ISOTOPES;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BRUCITE; EDTA; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; PARTITIONING; SILICATE; WEATHERING;

EID: 84897097058     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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