Multi-isotope (Ba,C, O) partitioning during experimental carbonatization of a hyper-alkaline solution |
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| Authors: | Michael E Böttcher Nadja Neubert Peter Escher Katja von Allmen Elias Samankassou Thomas F Nägler |
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| Institution: | 1. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Geochemistry & Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Group, Department Marine Geology, Seestr. 15, D-18119, Warnemünde, Germany;2. Institute of Geological Sciences, Baltzerstr. 3, University of Bern, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland;3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers 13, CH-1205, Geneva, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | Carbonates formed from hyperalkaline aqueous solutions at the Earth?s surface are known to bear the most extreme disequilibrium isotope signatures reported so far in nature. We present here the results for stable carbon (C), oxygen (O), and barium (Ba) isotope fractionation during the precipitation of witherite (BaCO3) induced by the chemical absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into an aqueous hyper-alkaline solution (at 4° and 21?°C; 1?atm total pressure). Independent from temperature, the barium carbonate formation was associated with a substantial enrichment of the lighter C and O isotopes in the solid compared to the atmosphere (C, O), close to previous results found in experiments and nature. A new approach is introduced to explain oxygen isotope fractionation upon hydroxylation of CO2. With Ba isotope enrichment factors between ?0.45 and ?0.53‰ (138/134ε) or ?0.34 and ?0.40‰ (137/134ε), respectively, the synthesized BaCO3 displays the highest kinetic enrichment of the light Ba isotope in the carbonate solid reported so far. |
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| Keywords: | Barium isotopes Carbon isotopes Oxygen isotopes Precipitation Barium carbonate Experiment Kinetic isotope fractionation |
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