The isotope geochemistry of zinc and copper

F Moynier, D Vance, T Fujii… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Copper, a native metal found in ores, is the principal metal in bronze and brass. It is a
reddish metal with a density of 8920 kg m− 3. All of copper's compounds tend to be brightly …

Metal stable isotope signatures as tracers in environmental geochemistry

JG Wiederhold - Environmental science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The biogeochemical cycling of metals in natural systems is often accompanied by stable
isotope fractionation which can now be measured due to recent analytical advances. In …

Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction

H Zhang, F Zhang, J Chen, DH Erwin, DD Syverson… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Siberian Traps large igneous province (STLIP) is commonly invoked as the primary
driver of global environmental changes that triggered the end-Permian mass extinction …

High-precision copper and iron isotope analysis of igneous rock standards by MC-ICP-MS

SA Liu, D Li, S Li, FZ Teng, S Ke, Y He… - Journal of Analytical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Stable isotopic systematics of Cu and Fe are two important tracers for geological and
biological processes. Generally, separation of Cu and Fe from a matrix was achieved by two …

Copper isotopic composition of the silicate Earth

SA Liu, J Huang, J Liu, G Wörner, W Yang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Copper isotopes have been successfully applied to many fields in geochemistry, and in
particular, as a strongly chalcophile element, the isotope systematics of Cu can be …

Persisting impact of historical mining activity to metal (Pb, Zn, Cd, Tl, Hg) and metalloid (As, Sb) enrichment in sediments of the Gardon River, Southern France

E Resongles, C Casiot, R Freydier, L Dezileau… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, we assessed past and present influence of ancient mining activity on metal
(loid) enrichment in sediments of a former mining watershed (Gardon River, SE France), that …

Cu isotopes reveal initial Cu enrichment in sources of giant porphyry deposits in a collisional setting

YC Zheng, SA Liu, CD Wu, WL Griffin, ZQ Li… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Porphyry copper deposits (PCDs) represent the most important type of Cu reservoir on
Earth, but the mechanism of Cu enrichment in PCDs is debated due to the lack of direct …

Copper and iron isotope fractionation during weathering and pedogenesis: Insights from saprolite profiles

SA Liu, FZ Teng, S Li, GJ Wei, JL Ma, D Li - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2014 - Elsevier
Iron and copper isotopes are useful tools to track redox transformation and biogeochemical
cycling in natural environment. To study the relationships of stable Fe and Cu isotopic …

Genesis of volcanic-hosted Cu vein deposits in the foreland fold-thrust belt, southeastern Tibetan Plateau: Insights from ore geology, COS-Pb-Cu isotopes, and fluid …

X Sun, J Deng, NC White, X Zheng, Q Wang… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Copper deposits hosted by volcanic rocks can have different genetic types. Many copper
vein deposits at the margin of the Cenozoic Lanping-Simao foreland fold-thrust belt in …

Stable isotopes of Cu and Zn in higher plants: evidence for Cu reduction at the root surface and two conceptual models for isotopic fractionation processes

D Jouvin, DJ Weiss, TFM Mason… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Recent reports suggest that significant fractionation of stable metal isotopes occurs during
biogeochemical cycling and that the uptake into higher plants is an important process. To …