Titanium isotopes as a tracer for the plume or island arc affinity of felsic rocks

Z Deng, M Chaussidon, P Savage… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Indirect evidence for the presence of a felsic continental crust, such as the elevated
49Ti/47Ti ratios in Archean shales, has been used to argue for ongoing subduction at that …

Magnesium isotopic fractionation during basalt differentiation as recorded by evolved magmas

XJ Wang, LH Chen, T Hanyu, Y Zhong, JH Shi… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnesium isotopic fractionation during basalt differentiation is commonly thought to be
negligible at current levels of analytical precision. However, Mg isotopic variation of∼ …

Global trends in novel stable isotopes in basalts: Theory and observations

CR Soderman, O Shorttle, S Matthews… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The geochemistry of global mantle melts suggests that both mid-ocean ridge basalts
(MORB) and ocean island basalts (OIB) sample lithological and temperature heterogeneities …

Dominance of felsic continental crust on Earth after 3 billion years ago is recorded by vanadium isotopes

S Tian, X Ding, Y Qi, F Wu, Y Cai… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The transition from mafic to felsic upper continental crust (UCC) is crucial to habitability of
Earth, and may be related to the onset of plate tectonics. Thus, defining when this crustal …

Melt chemistry and redox conditions control titanium isotope fractionation during magmatic differentiation

L Hoare, M Klaver, NS Saji, J Gillies… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Titanium offers a burgeoning isotope system that has shown significant promise as a tracer
of magmatic processes. Recent studies have shown that Ti isotopes display significant mass …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay of crystal fractionation, sulfide saturation and oxygen fugacity on the iron isotope composition of arc lavas: An example from the Marianas

HM Williams, J Prytulak, JD Woodhead… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Subduction zone systems are central to a multitude of processes from the evolution of the
continental crust to the concentration of metals into economically viable deposits. The …

Potassium isotope fractionation during magmatic differentiation of basalt to rhyolite

B Tuller-Ross, PS Savage, H Chen, K Wang - Chemical Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
High-temperature equilibrium and kinetic stable isotope fractionation during partial melting,
fractional crystallization, and other igneous differentiation processes has been observed in …

Coupled variations in V-Fe abundances and isotope compositions in latosols: Implications for V mobilization during chemical weathering

YH Qi, YZ Gong, F Wu, Y Lu, W Cheng, F Huang… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Weathering is a key process controlling V transport from the continental crust to the
hydrosphere. To understand V behavior during chemical weathering, we investigated the …

Vanadium stable isotopes in biota of terrestrial and aquatic food chains

J Chételat, SG Nielsen, M Auro… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Vanadium, a potentially toxic metal, is enriched in the environment from anthropogenic
releases, particularly during fossil fuel production and use and steel manufacturing. Metal …

The stable isotope character of the Earth's mantle–A review

DA Ionov, J Hoefs, R Harmon - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
This review describes the stable isotope character of the Earth's mantle, the 2900 km thick
silicate layer between the core and crust that comprises 67% of the Earth's mass and 84% of …