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Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry

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In this chapter, we summarize the evidence for high temperature Ca isotope fractionation in natural and experimental samples including minerals, igneous and metamorphic rocks and silicate melts and discuss the underlying isotope fractionation mechanisms.  Furthermore, we outline the evidence for primordial nucleosynthetic variability of Ca isotopes in meteorites and their components, suggesting a diverse stellar origin of the Ca isotopes that make up our Solar System. We also present a brief synopsis of observed mass-dependent Ca stable isotope fractionation in meteoritic materials, which allow insights into the local conditions during the formative stage of our Solar System. Lastly, we provide an overview of the 40K–40Ca decay system and its use to track the evolution of Earth’s mantle, continental and oceanic crust over time as well as its potential to date igneous and sedimentary rocks.  

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  1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Martin Schiller

  2. Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

    Nikolaus Gussone

  3. Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

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Schiller, M., Gussone, N., Wombacher, F. (2016). High Temperature Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry. In: Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Advances in Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68953-9_7

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