Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses
Determination of trace element concentrations by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) can yield valuable information about paleoclimate from ice core records. Typically, ICP-MS analyses are performed on melted and acidified ice core samples which contain particulate material i.e., m...
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ftunivcardiff:oai:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk:93314 2023-05-15T16:38:30+02:00 Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses Rhodes, Rachael H. Baker, Joel A. Millet, Marc-Alban Bertler, Nancy A.N. 2011-07-22 https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/93314/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 unknown Elsevier Rhodes, Rachael H., Baker, Joel A., Millet, Marc-Alban https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2249319T.html orcid:0000-0003-2710-5374 orcid:0000-0003-2710-5374 and Bertler, Nancy A.N. 2011. Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses. Chemical Geology 286 (3-4) , pp. 207-221. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 QE Geology Article PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivcardiff https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 2022-11-03T23:39:56Z Determination of trace element concentrations by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) can yield valuable information about paleoclimate from ice core records. Typically, ICP-MS analyses are performed on melted and acidified ice core samples which contain particulate material i.e., mineral dust. This particulate material is usually enriched in trace elements relative to ice core samples. Consequently, it is important to constrain the effect of acidification on mineral dust present in ice core samples and to assess the contribution of dust leaching to the trace element budget of ice cores. We have conducted a systematic experimental investigation designed to replicate the conditions of conventional ice core trace element analyses. Powdered rock standards of various lithologies were leached in 1 wt.% HNO3 and the leachates were sampled at regular time intervals. Oxides and sheet silicate minerals, in the ferromanganese nodule (Nod-P-1) and granite (JG-2) leachates respectively, released available trace elements into solution relatively quickly; trace element recovery reached 57% for Mg and 42% for Mn in the granite leachate and recoveries between 60 and 80% were reached for most elements in the ferromanganese nodule leachate after only 12 h of leaching. In contrast, mafic minerals in the basalt (BHVO-2) and dolerite (W-2) released trace elements slowly, achieving recoveries of < 20% for elements from Li to Mn after 12 h of leaching. The mafic minerals continued to release trace elements into solution over several weeks causing Al and Ti concentration increases to > 4000%. These results demonstrate that acidification of ice core samples containing mineral dust will cause time- and mineral-dependent leaching of trace elements. Leaching behaviour of trace elements remained constant with varying mineral dust concentration but freezing pre-acidified samples was found to promote leaching of some trace elements. Ideally, all ice core samples would be fully digested or filtered to eliminate the error ... Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) Chemical Geology |
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Determination of trace element concentrations by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) can yield valuable information about paleoclimate from ice core records. Typically, ICP-MS analyses are performed on melted and acidified ice core samples which contain particulate material i.e., mineral dust. This particulate material is usually enriched in trace elements relative to ice core samples. Consequently, it is important to constrain the effect of acidification on mineral dust present in ice core samples and to assess the contribution of dust leaching to the trace element budget of ice cores. We have conducted a systematic experimental investigation designed to replicate the conditions of conventional ice core trace element analyses. Powdered rock standards of various lithologies were leached in 1 wt.% HNO3 and the leachates were sampled at regular time intervals. Oxides and sheet silicate minerals, in the ferromanganese nodule (Nod-P-1) and granite (JG-2) leachates respectively, released available trace elements into solution relatively quickly; trace element recovery reached 57% for Mg and 42% for Mn in the granite leachate and recoveries between 60 and 80% were reached for most elements in the ferromanganese nodule leachate after only 12 h of leaching. In contrast, mafic minerals in the basalt (BHVO-2) and dolerite (W-2) released trace elements slowly, achieving recoveries of < 20% for elements from Li to Mn after 12 h of leaching. The mafic minerals continued to release trace elements into solution over several weeks causing Al and Ti concentration increases to > 4000%. These results demonstrate that acidification of ice core samples containing mineral dust will cause time- and mineral-dependent leaching of trace elements. Leaching behaviour of trace elements remained constant with varying mineral dust concentration but freezing pre-acidified samples was found to promote leaching of some trace elements. Ideally, all ice core samples would be fully digested or filtered to eliminate the error ... |
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Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses |
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Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses |
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Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses |
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Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses |
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Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses |
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experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses |
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Rhodes, Rachael H., Baker, Joel A., Millet, Marc-Alban https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A2249319T.html orcid:0000-0003-2710-5374 orcid:0000-0003-2710-5374 and Bertler, Nancy A.N. 2011. Experimental investigation of the effects of mineral dust on the reproducibility and accuracy of ice core trace element analyses. Chemical Geology 286 (3-4) , pp. 207-221. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.006 |
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