The fate of subducting carbon tracked by Mg and Zn isotopes: A review and new perspectives

SA Liu, YR Qu, ZZ Wang, ML Li, C Yang, SG Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Tracking the final fate of subducting carbon is crucial to understanding global carbon cycles
and climate changes in the history of the Earth. Available geochemical tracers such as …

Structure, genesis and resources efficiency of dolomite: New insights and remaining enigmas

WK Cai, JH Liu, CH Zhou, J Keeling, UA Glasmacher - Chemical Geology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Dolomite can form as a major mineral component of marlstones and limestones and is an
important sink for magnesium in the marine environment. Dolomite is widely distributed in …

Genesis mechanism and Mg isotope difference between the Sinian and Cambrian dolomites in Tarim Basin

G Zhu, X Li, T Li, L Zhou, Y Wu, B Shen… - Science China Earth …, 2023‏ - Springer
Dolomite genesis is a century-old mystery in sedimentology. To reveal the mechanism of
dolomite genesis, two core problems need to be addressed. The first is the origin and …

Towards understanding the origin of massive dolostones

M Ning, X Lang, K Huang, C Li, T Huang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The origin of ancient massive dolostones, ie continuous dolostone sequence with a
thickness> 100 m and a platform-wide distribution, is the key issue of the 'Dolomite …

Precise magnesium isotope analyses of high-K and low-Mg rocks by MC-ICP-MS

Z Bao, K Huang, T Huang, B Shen, C Zong… - Journal of Analytical …, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This study presents a chemical protocol for the separation of Mg that is particularly adapted
for diverse igneous rock samples, especially for high-K and low-Mg rocks. This protocol is …

Resetting of Mg isotopes between calcite and dolomite during burial metamorphism: Outlook of Mg isotopes as geothermometer and seawater proxy

Z Hu, W Hu, X Wang, Y Lu, L Wang, Z Liao… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Magnesium isotopes are an emerging tool to study the geological processes recorded in
carbonates. Calcite, due to its ubiquitous occurrence and the large Mg isotope fractionation …

Mg isotopes of siliciclastic sediments on continental marginal sea: Insights for the potential to trace silicate weathering

Z Hu, S Yang, C Yang, Y Guo, J Xu, C Zhang - Global and Planetary …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In the last decade, much attention has been devoted to Mg isotopic behavior during various
weathering processes. Nonetheless, whether Mg isotopes in terrigenous siliciclastic …

Resistance of eogenetic dolomites to geochemical resetting during diagenetic alteration: A case study of the lower Qiulitage Formation of the Late Cambrian, Tarim …

Y Zhang, G Zhu, X Li, Y Ai, P Duan, J Liu - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs), carbon, oxygen and Mg isotopes have been widely used to
explain the origin of dolomite, but dolomite may undergo complex diagenetic alteration …

Genesis of ultra-deep dolostone and controlling factors of large-scale reservoir: A case study of the Sinian Dengying Formation and the Cambrian Longwangmiao …

X Li, G Zhu, Z Zhang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2024‏ - Springer
This paper investigates the origin of ultra-deep dolostone and the factors influencing large-
scale dolostone reservoirs, focusing on the Sinian Dengying Formation and the Cambrian …

Mg isotope response to dolomitization in hinterland-attached carbonate platforms: outlook of δ26Mg as a tracer of basin restriction and seawater Mg/Ca ratio

OM Bialik, X Wang, S Zhao, ND Waldmann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Magnesium isotopes in early diagenetic dolomite have been proposed as a potential tracer
for seawater chemistry and global Mg cycles. However, the applicability of Mg isotopes of …