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DOI	10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116192
	Potassium isotope fractionation during chemical weathering of basalts
	Chen H.; Liu X.-M.; Wang K.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0012821X
卷号	539
英文摘要	Non-traditional stable isotopes (e.g., Li, Mg, and Si) are increasingly used as tracers for studying Earth's surface processes. The isotopes of potassium (K), a highly soluble and mobile element during weathering, could be a promising new tracer for continental weathering; however, the K isotopic variations in weathering profile has not been directly studied due to previous analytical difficulties. Recent high-precision measurements revealed that K isotopes in global river waters are fractionated from the Bulk Silicate Earth (BSE) value, indicating they are influenced by chemical weathering of the crust. Isotopic fractionation during chemical weathering is one of several processes that could ultimately lead to ∼0.6‰ difference of δ41K between the BSE and modern seawater. In order to determine the direction and controlling factors of K isotopic fractionation during basalt weathering, especially under intense weathering conditions, we measured K isotopic compositions in two sets of bauxite developed on the Columbia River Basalts, together with fresh parental basalt and aeolian deposit samples using a recently developed high-precision method. Results show that K isotopic variations among fresh basalts and aeolian dust are limited, close to the BSE value. Extreme K depletion (>99%) and K isotopic fractionation (δ41K up to 0.5 ‰) are observed in bauxite drill cores due to intense chemical weathering. The top of the weathering profiles shows less depletion in K abundances and the δ41K values are closer to those of the fresh basalts and aeolian dusts, likely due to addition of aeolian dust at the tops of both profiles. The weathered products are generally depleted in heavy K isotopes, which is consistent with heavier K isotopic compositions observed in river water and seawater. The δ41K in bauxites displays a positive correlation with K2O contents as well as δ7Li, indicating the behaviors of K and Li isotopes are comparable during chemical weathering. This study shows that K concentrations and its isotopic compositions are sensitive tracers of chemical weathering and could be good weathering proxies over Earth's history. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
关键词	basalt chemical weathering clay minerals global potassium cycle potassium isotopes
英文关键词	Basalt; Clay minerals; Core drilling; Dust; Erosion; Extreme weather; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Lithium compounds; Potassium; Rivers; Seawater; Silicates; Tracers; Chemical weathering; Columbia river basalts; global potassium cycle; High-precision measurement; Isotope fractionation; Isotopic fractionations; Positive correlations; Weathering conditions; Weathering; basalt; chemical weathering; clay mineral; concentration (composition); igneous geochemistry; isotopic fractionation; potassium; stable isotope; weathering profile
语种	英语
来源期刊	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/202534
作者单位	Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, United States; Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen H.,Liu X.-M.,Wang K.. Potassium isotope fractionation during chemical weathering of basalts[J],2020,539.
APA	Chen H.,Liu X.-M.,&Wang K..(2020).Potassium isotope fractionation during chemical weathering of basalts.Earth and Planetary Science Letters,539.
MLA	Chen H.,et al."Potassium isotope fractionation during chemical weathering of basalts".Earth and Planetary Science Letters 539(2020).