Lithium isotope geochemistry

S Penniston-Dorland, XM Liu… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The lithium isotope system is increasingly being applied to a variety of Earth science studies,
as the burgeoning literature attests; over 180 papers have been published in the last twelve …

Cl, Br, B, Li, and noble gases isotopes to study the origin and evolution of deep groundwater in sedimentary basins: a review

W Jiang, Y Sheng, G Wang, Z Shi, F Liu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Deep groundwater characteristics provide valuable information on oil and gas extraction
and evolution of hydrosphere, and nonmetallic and metallic elements in deep groundwater …

Pedogenic processes in loess-paleosol sediments: Clues from Li isotopes of leachate in Luochuan loess

MY He, JB Dong, Z **, CY Liu, J **ao, F Zhang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Tracing pedogenic processes is fundamental for reconstructing climatic and environmental
changes using loess deposits. Lithium isotopes can serve as a sensitive tracer to unravel …

The boron and lithium isotopic composition of mid-ocean ridge basalts and the mantle

HR Marschall, VD Wanless, N Shimizu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
A global selection of 56 mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) glasses were analysed for Li and B
abundances and isotopic compositions. Analytical accuracy and precision of analyses …

Hydrological control of river and seawater lithium isotopes

F Zhang, M Dellinger, RG Hilton, J Yu, MB Allen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Seawater lithium isotopes (δ7Li) record changes over Earth history, including a∼ 9‰
increase during the Cenozoic interpreted as reflecting either a change in continental silicate …

Potassium and its isotope behaviour during chemical weathering in a tropical catchment affected by evaporite dissolution

X Li, G Han, M Liu, J Liu, Q Zhang, R Qu - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents the systematic investigation of K contents and stable K isotopic
compositions of surface waters, groundwater, wastewaters, suspended particles, bed …

Experimental constraints on Li isotope fractionation during clay formation

RS Hindshaw, R Tosca, TL Goût, I Farnan… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the lithium (Li) isotope fractionation factor during clay mineral
formation is a key parameter for Earth system models. This study refines our understanding …

Experimental investigation of lithium isotope fractionation during kaolinite adsorption: Implications for chemical weathering

W Li, XM Liu - Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The feedback between CO 2 sources and sinks through chemical weathering is one of the
important reasons why Earth has maintained a habitable climate for over four billion years …

Differential weathering of basaltic and granitic catchments from concentration–discharge relationships

DE Ibarra, JK Caves, S Moon, DL Thomas… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
A negative feedback between silicate weathering rates and climate is hypothesized to play a
central role in moderating atmospheric CO 2 concentrations on geologic timescales …

New perspectives on the Li isotopic composition of the upper continental crust and its weathering signature

L Sauzéat, RL Rudnick, C Chauvel, M Garçon… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Lithium isotopes are increasingly used to trace both present-day and past weathering
processes at the surface of the Earth, and could potentially be used to evaluate the average …