A preliminary mixing model for Fe isotopes in soils

Simon Emmanuel; Yigal Erel; Alan Matthews; Nadya Teutsch

doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.07.002

A preliminary mixing model for Fe isotopes in soils

Simon Emmanuel^*, Yigal Erel, Alan Matthews, Nadya Teutsch

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Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

Iron partitioning data and whole soil δ⁵⁷Fe values were combined to calculate the isotopic composition of Fe mixing end-members in profiles of a Czech forest soil and an Israeli semi-arid soil. A least-squares method was used to estimate the Fe isotopic composition of the end-members representing the three main Fe reservoirs in the Czech soil: (1) silicates (δ⁵⁷Fe = - 0.02±0.17‰, (2) organically bound Fe (δ⁵⁷Fe = - 0.48 ± 0.27‰), and (3) pedogenic Fe-oxides (δ⁵⁷Fe = - 1.07 ± 1.02‰). A lack of variation in the isotopic and chemical partitioning patterns in the Israeli soil prevented the application of the least-squares technique, although an Fe-oxide end-member is proposed using a similar mixing model (δ⁵⁷Fe = - 1.72 ± 1.16‰). Combination of the isotopic values for the different reservoirs with published fractionation data from previous studies suggests that the isotopic signature of the silicate fraction in the Israeli soil is dominated by lithogenic sources, while the Fe-oxide pool is influenced mainly by pedogenic precipitation/dissolution processes. The results demonstrate the potential for Fe isotopes as a tool to quantify Fe cycling in soils.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	23-34
Number of pages	12
Journal	Chemical Geology
Volume	222
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.07.002
State	Published - 20 Oct 2005

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Funding Information:
This project was in part supported by grant number 2002-338 from the United States–Israel Binational Science Foundation and by Israel Science Foundation grant 226/02. We would also like to thank Brian Beard and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments. [LW]

Keywords

End-members
Iron oxides
Organic matter
Silicates

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