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

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Jong-Sik Ryu, Hyoun Soo Lim, Hye-Bin Choi, Ji-Hoon Kim, Ok-Sun Kim, Nathalie Vigier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Li isotopes; chemical weathering; meltwater; mineral neoformation; Antarctica; Science; Q; King George Island; Barton; Barton Peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.913687; https://doaj.org/article/674edef2376e4bd0a40a768c4300812a

Lithium (Li) has two stable isotopes, 6Li and 7Li, 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 P...