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TI Nickel isotope fractionation during tropical weathering of ultramafic rocks
BT 
AF RATIE, G.
   JOUVIN, D.
   GARNIER, Julien
   ROUXEL, Olivier
   MISKA, S.
   GUIMARAES, E.
   CRUZ VIEIRA, L.
   SIVRY, Y.
   ZELANO, I.
   MONTARGES-PELLETIER, E.
   THIL, F.
   QUANTIN, C.
AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:1;6:2;7:2;8:4;9:4;10:5;11:6;12:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-REM-GM-LGM;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;
C1 Univ Paris 11, CNRS, UMR 8148GEOPS, F-91405 Orsay, France.
   IG GMP ICC Ctr, UnB, BR-70910970 Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
   IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Unite Geosci Marines, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Univ Paris Diderot, UMR CNRS 7154, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Inst Phys Globe Paris, F-75005 Paris, France.
   Univ Lorraine, UMR CNRS 7360, Lab Interdisciplinaire Environm Continentaux, F-54500 Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France.
   CEA CNRS UVSQ, Domaine CNRS, UMR 8212, Lab Sci Climat & Environm LSCE IPSL, F-91198 Gif Sur Yvette, France.
C2 UNIV PARIS 11, FRANCE
   UNIV DARCY RIBEIRO, BRAZIL
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV PARIS 07, FRANCE
   UNIV LORRAINE, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-REM-GM-LGM
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 3.482
TC 77
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00254/36553/35098.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Nickel;Isotope;Weathering;Mineralogy;Soil
AB Although Ni isotopes have been shown to be significantly fractionated in terrestrial samples, their use in continental environmental studies has not yet been evaluated. The present study focuses on an ultramafic (UM) massif (Barro Alto, Goias, Brazil) because such areas are naturally rich in Ni. We present developed lateritic weathering profiles. The goal of the study is to evaluate the potential of using Ni isotopes in environmental continental studies by combining its isotopic signature with mineralogy, in order to better understand the geochemical cycling of Ni in UM settings during weathering. As such, Ni isotope values were measured in samples from the Barro Alto UM complex in the main stages of the lateritic weathering profile of UM rocks, including bedrock, ores (saprolitic and lateritic samples) and soil. The mineralogical composition of the samples, with a focus on the different Ni-bearing minerals, was also determined to decipher the potential links between isotopic fractionation and weathering dynamics. Isotopic signatures (δ60Ni) from the natural Ni geochemical cycle include: bedrock samples (δ60Ni = 0.28 ± 0.08‰), ore samples (saprolitic and lateritic, δ60Ni from -0.60 to 0.30‰) and soil samples (δ60Ni from -0.19 to -0.02‰). An overall trend of heavier isotope depletion was observed in the solid phase during weathering (Δ60NiSoil-Bedrock = -0.47‰). The mineralogical results were consistent with the literature and showed that the mineralogy of the lateritic part and soil was dominated by Fe-oxides, whereas clay minerals were the primary Ni phase scavengers in the saprolitic part of the profile. Thus, the formation of Ni-bearing clay minerals and Fe-oxides appeared to lead to depletion in heavier isotopes, which indicates preferential export of heavy isotopes in the dissolved phase. This result is consistent with isotopic signatures measured in the exchangeable pool of the solid phase (Δ60Niexch-total up to 0.47‰), and Ni isotopes appear to be a promising tracer to better understand the biogeochemical Ni cycling on the Earth’s surface.
PY 2015
PD MAY
SO Chemical Geology
SN 0009-2541
PU Elsevier Science Bv
VL 402
UT 000353832100007
BP 68
EP 76
DI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.02.039
ID 36553
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