| Abstract: | Granite weathering and clay mineral formation impart distinct and interpretable Si isotope (??30Si) signatures to their solid and aqueous products. Within a saprolite, clay minerals have ??30Si values ???2.0??? more negative than their parent mineral and the ??30Si signature of the bulk solid is determined by the ratio of primary to secondary minerals. Mineral-specific weathering reactions predominate at different depths, driving changes in differing ??30Siporewater values. At the bedrock-saprolite interface, dissolution of plagioclase and hornblende creates ??30 Siporewater signatures more positive than granite by up to 1.2???; these reactions are the main contributor of Si to stream water and determine its ??30Si value. Throughout the saprolite, biotite weathering releases Si to pore waters but kaolinite overgrowth formation modulates its contribution to pore-water Si. The influence of biotite on ??30Siporewater is greatest near the bedrock where biotite-derived Si mixes with bulk pore water prior to kaolinite formation. Higher in the saprolite, biotite grains have become more isolated by kaolinite overgrowth, which consumes biotite-derived Si that would otherwise influence ??30Siporewater. Because of this isolation, which shifts the dominant source of pore-water Si from biotite to quartz, ??30Siporewater values are more negative than granite by up to 1.3??? near the top of the saprolite. ?? 2005 Geological Society of America. |
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| Citation Author: | Ziegler, K.; Chadwick, O. A.; White, A. F.; Brzezinski, M. A. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | ??30Si systematics in a granitic saprolite, Puerto Rico; 2005; Article; Journal; Geology; Ziegler, K.; Chadwick, O. A.; White, A. F.; Brzezinski, M. A. |
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| Text: | ??30Si systematics in a granitic saprolite, Puerto Rico; 2005; Article; Journal; Geology; Ziegler, K.; Chadwick, O. A.; White, A. F.; Brzezinski, M. A. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G21707.1 |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00 -0600 |
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