Strontium has four stable isotopes 88 Sr, 87 Sr, 86 Sr and 84 Sr with relative average Earth's abundances of 82.5845%, 7.0015%, 9.8566% and 0.5574%, respectively [8].These were formed during the stellar synthesis [7]. 87 Sr has the particularity of being the only stable isotope of strontium that is radiogenic. The …
The strontium (Sr) isotope method can be a powerful tool in studies of chemical weathering and soil genesis, cation provenance and mobility, and the chronostratigraphic correlation of marine sediments. It is a sensitive geochemical tracer, applicable to large-scale ecosystem studies as well as to centimeter-scaled examination …
A new batch of strontium-89 (Sr-89) will be available through the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program (DOE IP) in December 2019. The radioactive isotope is most commonly used in cancer therapy to relieve pain associated with cancer that has spread to bone. Strontium-89 has a half-life of 50.563 days and is produced via …
On a plot of the reciprocal strontium concentration against the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratio, mixtures of two end members will produce a linear array. Using this plotting method, data for samples from most of the wells, including the City of Poplar wells, define an array with reciprocal strontium values ranging from 0.08 to 4.15 and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios ...
A strontium isotope record for the latest Eocene to earliest Miocene has been produced for two well-preserved, deep-sea sequences from the Atlantic, (Deep Sea Drilling Project sites 516F and 563) which have magnetostratigraphic age control and four sequences from the Pacific (sites 77B, 292, and 593) and Atlantic (site 529) which lack …
An example of a likelihood approach to using isotope results for provenance identification of a specimen. This study evaluated both the δ 18 O (top) and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr (middle) for the specimen and cross-referenced the results (bottom) to narrow the possible areas of provenance. Adapted from Laffoon et al., 2017, Fig. 5.
and Ocean Drilling Program sections. The ef-fects of diagenesis are assessed using scanning electron microscope observations and trace-elemental analyses, but are best distinguished by comparing the 87Sr/86Sr values of similar-age samples from different sites. Strontium-isotope analyses compiled from 9 of 12 sites
Certified Values: The certified values for the absolute strontium isotopic abundance ratios and the atom fractions of 88Sr, 87Sr, 86Sr and 84Sr are listed in Table 1. A NIST-certified value is a value for which NIST has the highest ... contacting the SRM Program at: telephone (301) 975-6776; fax (301) 926-4751; e-mail [email protected]; or via
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The ratio of strontium isotopes (87 Sr/ 86 Sr) in seawater reflects the flux of Sr from two primary sources, continental weathering (i.e., ... This work was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (42293280), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC3100603, 2021YFA0718100), ...
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Barium and strontium stable isotope fractionations were measured in the Ba-Sr hyperaccumulating cyanobacterium G. lithophora, which forms amorphous carbonate inclusions. ... This research was supported by European Research Council program under the direction of Karim Benzerara (ERC under the European Community's Seventh …
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An improved and updated version of the statistical LOWESS fit to the marine 87 Sr/ 86 Sr record and a revised look-up table (V3:10/99; available from [email protected]) based upon it enables straightforward conversion of 87 Sr/ 86 Sr to numerical age, and vice versa, for use in strontium isotope stratigraphy (SIS). The …
Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy: Principles and State of the Art. A. Kuznetsov M. A. Semikhatov I. Gorokhov. Geology. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 2018. The methodical basis, development, and current state of a new method of chronostratigraphic studies, i.e., strontium isotope stratigraphy (SIS), are considered.
We report on a detailed investigation of seawater Sr-isotope stratigraphy based on foraminifers and, where available, on inoceramid bivalves from 12 mid-Cretaceous Deep Sea Drilling Project and Ocean Drilling Program sections. The effects of diagenesis are assessed using scanning electron microscope observations and trace-elemental …
The strontium isotopic data of the Arima saline water (87 Sr/ 86 Sr = 0.70853–0.70879; Kusuda et al., ... Using the DELTA_SR program (Neymark et al., 2014), the stable strontium isotope compositions were calculated and compared to the (88 Sr/ 86 Sr) SRM987 value of 8.375209 via ...
Tourmaline is a common boron-bearing mineral in hydrothermal system and has been widely used as a mineral probe to reconstruct geological processes because of its broad range in composition and resistance to metasomatic alteration. The origin of Kiruna-type iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits, commonly linked to andesitic subvolcanic or …
By analyzing the variation records of strontium isotopes in seawater derived from ferromanganese deposits, researchers can investigate the changes in the Sr flux and isotopic compositions from continental weathering input and carbonate burial output. ... (41991325, 41973003), and the National Key Research and Development Program of …
The use of natural strontium isotopes as tracers in environmental studies. G. Åberg. Environmental Science. 1995. Naturally occurring isotopes of elements like strontium have proved to be good tools for tracing the past and for monitoring of processes in the present. The spread and variation in87Sr/86Sr ratios…. Expand.
The element strontium has four naturally occurring isotopes: 84 Sr, 86 Sr, 87 Sr, and 88 Sr. Only 87 Sr is radiogenic – produced by the β-decay of 87 Rb with a half-life of 48.8 billion years. The most abundant strontium isotope is 88 Sr, making up approximately 83% of naturally occurring strontium; followed by 10% 86 Sr, 7% 87 Sr and 1% 84 Sr. In …
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Strontium, for example, has four stable isotopes: Sr-84, Sr-86, Sr-87, and Sr-88; and one radioactive isotope, Sr-82. Over time, Sr-82 decays to rubidium-82 with a half-life of 25 days, making it suitable for use in generators to provide rubidium-82, the most convenient positron emission tomography agent for heart imaging.
STRONTIUM ISOTOPE DATING OF PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC, LITHOLOGIC, AND DOLOMITIZATION EVENTS ON THE NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIAN MARGIN, LEG 1331 Judith A. McKenzie,2 Alexandra Isern,2 Henry Elderfield,3 Ann Williams,3 and Peter K. Swart4 ABSTRACT The strontium-isotope dating method, based on the strontium …
Near-surface physical and chemical process can strongly affect dissolved-ion concentrations and stable isotope compositions of water in wetland settings, especially under arid climate conditions. In contrast, heavy radiogenic isotopes of strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and uranium (234U/238U) remain largely unaffected and can be used to …
Here, we present strontium isotope (87 Sr/ 86 Sr) data of the Pliensbachian–Toarcian (Pl–To) ... 41888101 and 42002121) and the Program B (201802B079) for Outstanding PhD student and research grant (2021-LAMD-K03) from the State Key Laboratory of Mineral Deposit Research of Nanjing University. This manuscript is a contribution to the IGCP 739.
To address this data gap, we conducted measurements of carbon, oxygen and strontium isotopes and element contents of a continuous series of carbonate samples from the Longwangmiao Formation of Well HS2, located in the central Sichuan Basin of South China. ... (grant number 2019QZKK0707), the Strategic Priority Research …