Environmental applications of metal stable isotopes: Silver, mercury and zinc

W Li, W Gou, W Li, T Zhang, B Yu, Q Liu, J Shi - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
With developments in multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-
ICP-MS), applications of metal stable isotopes received increasing attentions in the studies …

Isotope effects and the atmosphere

JM Carlstad, KA Boering - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Chemical physics plays a large role in determining the isotopic compositions of gases in
Earth's atmosphere, which in turn provide fundamental insights into the sources, sinks, and …

Deglacial volcanism and reoxygenation in the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth

M Li, Y Xu, L Sun, J Chen, K Zhang, D Li… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The Cryogenian Sturtian and Marinoan Snowball Earth glaciations bracket a nonglacial
interval during which Demosponge and green-algal biomarkers first appear. To understand …

Large mass-independent sulphur isotope anomalies link stratospheric volcanism to the Late Ordovician mass extinction

D Hu, M Li, X Zhang, AV Turchyn, Y Gong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Volcanic eruptions are thought to be a key driver of rapid climate perturbations over
geological time, such as global cooling, global warming, and changes in ocean chemistry …

Triple oxygen isotopes of lunar water unveil indigenous and cometary heritage

MM Thiemens, MHN Martinez… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The origin of water in the Earth-Moon system is a pivotal question in planetary science,
particularly with the need for water resources in the race to establish lunar bases. The …

40 years of theoretical advances in mass-independent oxygen isotope effects and applications in atmospheric chemistry: A critical review and perspectives

M Lin, MH Thiemens - Applied Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The discovery of chemically induced mass-independent isotope fractionation in ozone
formation 40 years ago revealed a new type of isotope effect that was not considered within …

In Situ Fe and S isotope analyses in pyrite from the 3.2 Ga Mendon Formation (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa): Evidence for early microbial iron reduction

J Marin‐Carbonne, V Busigny, J Miot… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
On the basis of phylogenetic studies and laboratory cultures, it has been proposed that the
ability of microbes to metabolize iron has emerged prior to the Archaea/Bacteria split …

Discoveries of mass independent isotope effects in the solar system: Past, present and future

MH Thiemens, M Lin - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The history of the discovery of stable isotopes and later, their influence of chemical and
physical phenomena originates in the 19th century with discovery of radioactivity by …

Sulfur isotope anomalies in coal combustion: Applications to the present and early Earth environments

Y Shen, Q Zhang, Y Xu, M Li, MH Thiemens - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
The observation of mass-independent sulfur isotope fractionations (S-MIF) in Archean–
Paleoproterozoic rocks has been instrumental in constraining oxygen levels on early Earth …

Determining the chemical composition of diamagnetic mixed solids via measurements of their magnetic susceptibility

MM Zhao, Y Yang, N Du, YY Zhu, P Ren… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Mixed solid compounds are employed in a vast array of applications so an accurate
determination of their chemical compositions is of crucial importance. All current …