Lithium Isotope Geochemistry in the Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Ryu, Jong-Sik, Lim, Hyoun Soo, Choi, Hye-Bin, Kim, Ji-Hoon, Kim, Ok-Sun, Vigier, Nathalie
• Other Authors: National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea Polar Research Institute, Korea Basic Science Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Barton; Barton Peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.913687; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.913687/full

Lithium (Li) has two stable isotopes, 6 Li and 7 Li, whose large relative mass difference is responsible for significant isotopic fractionation during physico-chemical processes, allowing Li isotopes to be a good tracer of continental chemical weathering. Although physical erosion is dominant in the...