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Major volcanic eruptions linked to the Late Ordovician mass extinction: evidence from mercury enrichment and Hg isotopes

Hu, D; Li, M; Chen, J; Luo, Q; Grasby, S E; Zhang, T; Yuan, S; Xu, Y; Finney, S C; Sun, L; Shen, Y. Global and Planetary Change vol. 196, 103374, 2020 p. 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103374
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Anomalous fractionation of mercury isotopes in the Late Archean atmosphere

Zerkle, A L; Yin, R; Chen, C; Li, X; Izon, G J; Grasby, S E. Nature Communications vol. 11, issue 1, 1709, 2020 p. 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15495-3
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Characteristics of Hg concentrations and isotopes in terrestrial and marine facies across the end-Permian mass extinction

Wang, X; Cawood, P A; Grasby, S E; Zhao, L; Chen, Z -Q; Wu, S; Yuangeng, H. Global and Planetary Change vol. 205, 103592, 2021 p. 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103592
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Nickel isotopes link Siberian Traps aerosol particles to the end-Permian mass extinction

Li, M; Grasby, S E; Wang, S-L; Zhang, X; Wasylenki, L E; Xu, Y; Sun, M; Beauchamp, B; Hu, D; Shen, Y. Nature Communications vol. 12, 2024, 2021 p. 1-7, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22066-7
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Clumped and oxygen isotopes reveal differential disequilibrium in the formation of carbonates from marine methane seeps

Savard, M M; Jautzy, J J; Lavoie, D; Dhillon, R S; Defliese, W. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta vol. 298, 2021 p. 43-54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.01.041
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High-precision MC-ICP-MS measurements of Cd isotopes using a novel double spike method without Sn isobaric interference

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00357H, Paper
Jin Li, Suohan Tang, Xiangkun Zhu, Jianxiong Ma, Zhi-Yong Zhu, Bin Yan
Previous studies have reported that even low concentrations of Sn can lead to biased Cd isotopic measurements using MC-ICP-MS. In this paper, we propose a novel method of Cd isotopic...
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Applying standard addition to determine antimony isotopes in low-Sb samples using HG-MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00333K, Paper
Honggang Zhu, Jian-Ming Zhu, Decan Tan, Zhuo Lu, Hongfei Liao, Yiwei Ma
The δ123Sb value of BCR-2 obtained by the standard addition (SA) method.
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Separation behavior of hydrogen isotopes via water pervaporation using proton conductive membranes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,2787-2795
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00330F, Paper
Chan Woo Park, Sung-Wook Kim, Hyung-Ju Kim, Euna Jeong, In-Ho Yoon
Hydrogen isotope fractionation during water pervaporation through proton conductive membranes is primarily driven by H+/D+ transport, achieving a maximum H/D separation factor of 1.086.
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Isotopes could sniff out fake truffles

The abundance of carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 reveals whether the key component of white truffle aroma originates from a natural or synthetic source




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Undercover isotopes: tracking the fate of nitrogen in streams

Excess nitrogen stemming from human activities is a common water pollutant. Fertilizer runoff, sewage, and fossil fuel emission all contain nitrogen that often ends in streams, rivers, and ultimately the ocean.




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Techniques for on-demand production of medical radioactive iodine isotopes including I-131

A system for radioisotope production uses fast-neutron-caused fission of depleted or naturally occurring uranium targets in an irradiation chamber. Fast fission can be enhanced by having neutrons encountering the target undergo scattering or reflection to increase each neutron's probability of causing fission (n, f) reactions in U-238. The U-238 can be deployed as one or more layers sandwiched between layers of neutron-reflecting material, or as rods surrounded by neutron-reflecting material. The gaseous fission products can be withdrawn from the irradiation chamber on a continuous basis, and the radioactive iodine isotopes (including I-131) extracted.




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Advances in the use of isotopes in geochemical exploration: instrumentation and applications in understanding geochemical processes

Among the emerging techniques to detect the real footprint of buried ore deposits is isotope tracing. Novel and automated preparation systems such as continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry, off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy for isotopic compositions of selected molecules, multi-collector inductively coupled-plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), triple quadrupole ICP-MS, laser ablation ICP-MS, and a multitude of inline preparation systems have facilitated the use of isotopes as tracers in mineral exploration, as costs for isotope analyses have decreased and the time required for the analyses has improved. In addition, the isotope systems being used have expanded beyond the traditional light stable and Pb isotopes to include a multitude of elements that behave differently during processes that promote the mobilization of elements during both primary and secondary dispersion. Isotopes are also being used to understand barren areas that lack a critical process to form an ore deposit and to reveal precise redox mechanisms. The goal is to be able to use isotopes to reflect a definitive process that occurs in association with the deposit and not in barren systems, and then to relate these to something that is easier to measure, namely elemental concentrations. As new generations of exploration and environmental scientists are becoming more comfortable with the application of isotopes to effectively trace processes involved in geoscience, and new technologies for rapid and inexpensive analyses of isotopes are continually being developed, novel applications of isotope tracing are becoming more mainstream.

Thematic collection: This article is part of the Exploration 17 collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/exploration-17




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ASTROPHYSICS WITH RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES

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Calibration-free quantitative analysis of D/H isotopes with fs-laser filament

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00062K, Paper
Genggeng Li, Huaming Hou, Pengxu Ran, Yunlong Zhao, Zhengye Zhong
The analytical characteristics of D/H isotopes with fs-laser filament are investigated via analyzing a set of D-enriched water samples with D concentrations from 0.5 to 20%. The filament emission spectra...
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[ASAP] Biosynthetic Incorporation of Site-Specific Isotopes in ß-Lactam Antibiotics Enables Biophysical Studies

ACS Chemical Biology
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b01054




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Isotopes and the natural environment Paul Alexandre

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12th International Conference of Processes in Isotopes and Molecules (PIM 2019): 25-27 September 2019 , Cluj-Napoca, Romania / editors, Alia Colniță and Ioan Turcu

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Catalytic exchange of hydrogen isotopes intensified by two-phase stratified flow in wettability designable microchannels

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00250J, Paper
Yuexiao Song, Feng Xin, Yongsheng Xu
This work develops a reliable method to achieve stratified flow in squared cross-section microchannels by endowing the four channel walls with very different wettabilities. The gas–liquid flows are studied experimentally...
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Earth’s core may be leaking heavy isotopes of iron, claims study

A new study conducted by geoscientists from Aarhus University and the University of California, Davis has found that the Earth's molten core may be leaking heavy isotopes of iron.




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Reconstruction of late holocene precipitation for Central Florida as derived from isotopes in speleothems




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Trace metals and stable isotopes as tracers of life history and trophic connections in estuarine-dependent fish from Tampa Bay, Florida




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Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from bat guano in the Grand Canyon, USA, reveal Younger Dryas and 8.2 ka events




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USING STABLE ISOTOPES OF CARBON TO INVESTIGATE THE SEASONAL VARIATION OF CARBON TRANSFER IN A NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS CAVE




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Chronology, stable isotopes, and glaciochemistry of perennial ice in Strickler Cavern, Idaho, USA




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Reconstructing past climates using carbon isotopes from fulvic acids in cave sediments




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[ASAP] Enrichment of Geogenic Ammonium in Quaternary Alluvial–Lacustrine Aquifer Systems: Evidence from Carbon Isotopes and DOM Characteristics

Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00131




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Isotopes could sniff out fake truffles

The abundance of carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 reveals whether the key component of white truffle aroma originates from a natural or synthetic source