Coupled survey of lithium isotopes and Li/Ca in biogenic and inorganic carbonates

D Chen, F Thibon, A Felbacq, L Weppe, M Metian… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geochemists have long considered Li isotope composition of marine carbonates as one of
the most straightforward oceanic archives, tracing climate regulation by continental silicate …

Persistent late Permian to Early Triassic warmth linked to enhanced reverse weathering

C Cao, CP Bataille, H Song, MR Saltzman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In the Precambrian, reverse weathering—a process consuming oceanic silica, metal cations
and alkalinity to form marine clays—was a key control of the long-term carbon cycle …

Lithium and lithium isotopes in Earth's surface cycles

PAEP von Strandmann… - Elements: An …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Lithium and its isotopes can provide information on continental silicate weathering, which is
the primary natural drawdown process of atmospheric CO2 and a major control on climate …

Pristine or altered, what can early diagenesis tell us in shallow-water carbonates?

GY Wei, F Zhang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Early marine and meteoric diagenesis is commonly proposed to alter the primary
geochemical signals of shallow-marine carbonates, hindering their use as a reliable archive …

Reconstructing the lithium isotopic composition (δ7Li) of seawater from shallow marine carbonate sediments

JG Murphy, ASC Ahm, PK Swart, JA Higgins - Geochimica et cosmochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Records of the lithium isotopic composition of seawater (δ 7 Li sw), preserved in the lithium
isotopic composition of shallow-marine carbonate sediments (δ 7 Li carb), provide …

A 13 million-year record of Li isotope compositions in island carbonates: Constraints on bulk inorganic carbonate as a global seawater Li isotope archive

GY Wei, F Zhang, YS Yin, YB Lin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithium isotope (δ 7 Li) variations in marine carbonate sediments and rocks have been
widely used to reconstruct global seawater Li isotope compositions and then trace the paleo …

Exploring the importance of authigenic clay formation in the global Li cycle

E Andrews, PAEP von Strandmann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Lithium isotopic (δ 7 Li) and elemental concentrations of pore fluids and carbonates from
IODP Site U1338 Hole A (eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean) suggest that clay authigenesis …

Bioaccumulation of lithium isotopes in mussel soft tissues and implications for coastal environments

F Thibon, M Metian, F Oberhansli… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lithium production has dramatically increased over the past decade, and the first cases of
environmental Li pollution have been recently reported in urban and mining regions. While …

Chemical–to–reverse weathering triggered a pronounced positive carbon isotope excursion in a forced regressive to transgressive dolostone succession during the …

Y Zhang, G Zhu, X Li, Y Ai, P Duan, M Li… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The terminal Ediacaran (∼ 551–541 Ma) was a critical period in Earth's history
witnessing the coupled evolution of tectonism, climate, marine environment, and …

Dolostone as a reliable tracer of seawater lithium isotope composition

XF Liu, XM Liu, XK Wang, S Zhai, X Liu - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The lithium isotope composition (δ7Li) of seawater records important information on the
evolution of the carbon and silicon cycles over geologic time. Here we report δ7Li values in …