Silicate versus carbonate weathering in Iceland: New insights from Ca isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 416, Issue , 2015, Pages 132-142

  Jacobson, Andrew D ^a   Grace Andrews, M ^a   Lehn, Gregory O ^a   Holmden, Chris ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ca isotopes; Chemical weathering; Iceland; Isotope fractionation; Long term carbon cycle

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BASALT; CALCITE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; MIXING; PH; PILES; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING; ZEOLITES;

CARBON CYCLES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY-MINERAL FORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL CALCITES; ICELANDS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHISM;

CALCIUM;

EID: 84925497930     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.030     Document Type: Article

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