The effect of Al on Si isotope fractionation investigated by silica precipitation experiments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 397, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-105

  Oelze, Marcus ^a   von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm ^a,c   Bouchez, Julien ^a   Hoellen, Daniel ^b   Dietzel, Martin ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isotope fractionation; Kinetic fractionation; Reaction rate dependence; Silicon precipitation; Stable silicon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE;

CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; KINETIC FRACTIONATIONS; KINETIC ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LOW TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; MASS DEPENDENT ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; RATE DEPENDENCE; SILICON ISOTOPES;

SILICON;

ALUMINUM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SILICA; SILICON;

EID: 84921956661     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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