Lithium Isotopes - A Tracer of Past and Present Silicate Weathering

Lithium isotopes are a relatively novel tracer of present and past silicate weathering processes. Given that silicate weathering is the primary long-term method by which CO2 is removed from the atmosphere, Li isotope research is going through an exciting phase.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Lithium isotopes as a tracer of silicate weathering intensity; 2. Methods and archive materials; 3. Li isotopes in pre-Cenozoic archives; 4. Developing a mechanistic understanding of Li isotope fractionation; 5. Future prospects.

Summary

Lithium isotopes are a relatively novel tracer of present and past silicate weathering processes. Given that silicate weathering is the primary long-term method by which CO2 is removed from the atmosphere, Li isotope research is going through an exciting phase.

Product details

• Authors: Mathieu Dellinger, Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A. E. Pogge Von (University Col Strandmann, A. Joshua West
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108964968
• ISBN: 978-1-108-96496-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Earth Sciences, Geochemistry, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Geology & The Lithosphere