Precise determination of Ar, Kr and Xe isotopic fractionation due to diffusion and dissolution in fresh water
Precise determination of Ar, Kr and Xe isotopic fractionation due to diffusion and dissolution in fresh water
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精确测定淡水中由于扩散和溶解而引起的 Ar、Kr 和 Xe 同位素分馏
DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.008
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.
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作者:
Seltzer, Alan M.;Ng, Jessica;Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.
Dissolved noble gases are ideal conservative tracers of physical processes in the Earth system due to their chemical and biological inertness. Although bulk concentrations of dissolved Ar, Kr, and Xe are commonly measured to constrain physical models of atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial hydrosphere processes, stable isotope ratios of these gases (eg 136 Xe/129 Xe) are seldom used because of low signal-to-noise ratios. Here we present the first results from a new method of dissolved gas sampling, extraction and analysis that permits measurement of stable Ar, Kr, and Xe isotope ratios at or below∼ 5 per meg amu− 1 precision (1σ), two orders-of-magnitude below conventional Kr and Xe isotopic measurements. This gain in precision was achieved by quantitative extraction and subsequent purification of dissolved noble gases from 2-L water samples via helium sparging and viscous dual-inlet isotope ratio mass spectrometry. We have determined the solubility fractionation factors (α sol) for stable Ar, Kr, and Xe isotope ratios between∼ 2 and 20° C via laboratory equilibration experiments. We have also conducted temperature-controlled air-water gas exchange experiments to estimate the kinetic fractionation factors (α kin) of these isotope ratios. We find that both α sol and α kin, normalized by isotopic mass difference (Δm), decrease in magnitude with atomic number but are proportional to Δm for isotope ratios of the same element. With the new ability for high precision isotopic measurements, we suggest that dissolved Kr and Xe isotope ratios in groundwater represent a promising, novel geochemical tool with important applications for groundwater modeling, water resource management, and paleoclimate.
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