Using Mg Isotopes to Trace Cyanobacterially Mediated Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in Alkaline Lakes

@article{Shirokova2012UsingMI,
  title={Using Mg Isotopes to Trace Cyanobacterially Mediated Magnesium Carbonate Precipitation in Alkaline Lakes},
  author={Liudmila S. Shirokova and Vasileios Mavromatis and Irina A. Bundeleva and Oleg S. Pokrovsky and P. B{\'e}n{\'e}zeth and Emmanuelle G{\'e}rard and Christopher R. Pearce and Eric H. Oelkers},
  journal={Aquatic Geochemistry},
  year={2012},
  volume={19},
  pages={1-24}
}
This study assesses the potential use of Mg isotopes to trace Mg carbonate precipitation in natural waters. Salda Lake (SW Turkey) was chosen for this study because it is one of the few modern environments where hydrous Mg carbonates are the dominant precipitating minerals. Stromatolites, consisting mainly of hydromagnesite, are abundant in this lake. The Mg isotope composition of incoming streams, groundwaters, lake waters, stromatolites, and hydromagnesite-rich sediments were measured… Expand
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