Tracing the silica cycle with silicon isotopes.
International audience Silicon isotopes provide a useful means of tracing the silica cycle both in the modern day and for times in the past. Silicon isotopes are fractionated during the formation of biogenic opal and possibly also during weathering and clay formation. Fractionation factors vary from...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2002
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Online Access: | https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-00660835 |