Publications – IsotopiX

Sb · As Mining environments

Graphical abstract - Tracing arsenic and antimony in mining-impacted environments

Sb isotopes · As · Mining

Tracing arsenic and antimony in mining-impacted environments: New insights from antimony isotopes

This review evaluates the potential of antimony isotopes to trace the sources and geochemical processes controlling arsenic in mining-impacted environments.

Sb Oruro · Bolivia

Graphical abstract - Deciphering Sb sources and transport processes in Oruro, Bolivia

Sb isotopes · Mining

Deciphering Sb Sources and Transport Processes in a Mining and Smelting-Impacted River System (Oruro, Bolivia): Insights from Sb Isotopes

Sb isotope signatures are followed along river systems affected by mining and smelting activities to distinguish contamination sources and transport processes.

Pb · Sb Mining & ores

Graphical abstract - Multi-isotope Pb and Sb approach to trace metallic contaminant sources

Pb · Sb isotopes · Mining

Multi-isotope (Pb, Sb) approach to trace metallic contaminant sources at a historical mining and metallurgical site

Combining Pb and Sb isotopes helps distinguish anthropogenic contamination and separate the contributions of local ores and metallurgical waste at a historical mining site.

Sb Adsorption · Fe

$Graphical abstract - Antimony isotope fractionation during adsorption on iron minerals$

Fractionation · Sb

Antimony isotope fractionation during Sb(V) and Sb(III) adsorption on secondary Fe-minerals (schwertmannite, ferrihydrite) typical of mine waters

This study quantifies Sb isotope fractionation during adsorption onto ferrihydrite and schwertmannite, two important secondary Fe minerals in mine waters.

Sb Oxidation

$Graphical abstract - Antimony isotope fractionation during oxidation$

Fractionation · Oxidation

Antimony isotopic fractionation during Sb(III) oxidation to Sb(V): Biotic and abiotic processes

Biotic and abiotic experiments show that Sb(III) oxidation can generate contrasting isotope fractionation depending on the reaction mechanism.

Sb Equilibrium fractionation

$Antimony mineral structure illustrating equilibrium isotope fractionation$

Modelling · Sb

Equilibrium mass-dependent isotope fractionation of antimony between stibnite and Sb secondary minerals: A first-principles study

A first-principles modelling approach quantifies equilibrium Sb isotope fractionation between stibnite and several secondary Sb minerals.

Sb HG-MC-ICP-MS

Graphical abstract - Single-step antimony purification for isotope analysis

Analytical method · Sb

A single-step purification method for the precise determination of the antimony isotopic composition of environmental, geological and biological samples by HG-MC-ICP-MS

A single-step purification protocol enables precise Sb isotope measurements in complex environmental, geological and biological matrices.

Pb Provenance · Roman Gaul

Lead isotope provenance of Roman water pipes from Vienne

Pb isotopes · Provenance

Provenance of lead ores used for water pipes production in the ancient Roman Gaul (Vienne, France)

Lead isotope signatures and reference databases are used to identify the main mining regions that supplied Pb to Roman pipe-manufacturing workshops in Vienne.

C · N Lake Titicaca

Graphical abstract - Lake Titicaca carbon and nitrogen isotope study

C & N isotopes · Eutrophication

Anthropogenic eutrophication of Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes fingerprinting

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes trace the influence of anthropogenic discharges and their progressive attenuation within Lake Titicaca.

Basalt Dissolution kinetics

Dissolution · Kinetics

Dissolution kinetics of basaltic glass: The effect of temperature, dissolved oxygen and silica concentrations under circum-neutral to basic pH

This study quantifies basaltic-glass dissolution as a function of temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and aqueous silica, revealing a strong inhibitory effect of dissolved silica.

Microbiome Basaltic aquifers · Iceland

Microbiome · Iceland

Groundwater Microbial Diversity Associated With Icelandic Basaltic Subsurface Environments

The study characterizes microbial communities in 22 Icelandic geothermal wells and investigates how temperature, pH and basalt reactivity relate to community structure.

Olivine pH · Temperature

Dissolution · Mineralogy

Effect of pH and temperature on olivine dissolution anisotropy

Dissolution rates of different olivine crystallographic faces are quantified at the nanometre scale to determine how pH and temperature control reaction anisotropy.

Research supporting isotope traceability.