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    In situ δ7Li, Li/Ca, and Mg/Ca analyses of synthetic aragonites

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    2011-03-01
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    Gabitov, R. I.  Concept link
    Schmitt, A. K.  Concept link
    Rosner, Martin  Concept link
    McKeegan, K. D.  Concept link
    Gaetani, Glenn A.  Concept link
    Cohen, Anne L.  Concept link
    Watson, E. B.  Concept link
    Harrison, T. M.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4424
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    https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GC003322
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    10.1029/2010GC003322
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     Isotope; Aragonite; Rate; SIMS; Magnesium; Lithium 
    Abstract
    In situ secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) analyses of δ7Li, Li/Ca, and Mg/Ca were performed on five synthetic aragonite samples precipitated from seawater at 25°C at different rates. The compositions of δ7Li in bulk aragonites and experimental fluids were measured by multicollector inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS). Both techniques yielded similar δ7Li in aragonite when SIMS analyses were corrected to calcium carbonate reference materials. Fractionation factors α7Li/6Li range from 0.9895 to 0.9923, which translates to a fractionation between aragonite and fluid from −10.5‰ to −7.7‰. The within-sample δ7Li range determined by SIMS is up to 27‰, exceeding the difference between bulk δ7Li analyses of different aragonite precipitates. Moreover, the centers of aragonite hemispherical bundles (spherulites) are enriched in Li/Ca and Mg/Ca relative to spherulite fibers by up to factors of 2 and 8, respectively. The Li/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios of spherulite fibers increase with aragonite precipitation rate. These results suggest that precipitation rate is a potentially important consideration when using Li isotopes and elemental ratios in natural carbonates as a proxy for seawater composition and temperature.
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    Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2011. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 12 (2011): Q03001, doi:10.1029/2010GC003322.
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    Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 12 (2011): Q03001
     

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