Isotope Ratio Determination in the Earth and Environmental Sciences: Developments and Applications in 2006–2007

Woodhead, Jon

doi:10.1111/j.1751-908x.2008.00919.x

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“…The breadth and diversity of these applications is reflected in several recent reviews, such as that by Woodhead. 361 A special issue of Chemical Geology from the 17th Goldschmidt conference in August 2007, highlighted the results presented on stable isotopes in hightemperature geochemistry. The preface to this issue gives some background to recent developments in this field.…”

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Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis

Butler

Cairns

Cook

et al. 2010

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

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This is the twenty-fifth annual review published in JAAS of the application of atomic spectrometry to the chemical analysis of environmental samples. This Update refers to papers published approximately between September 2008 and August 2009. In the analysis of air, work is focused on the need to collect and characterise ultrafines; determination of elements such as Be, Hg and PGEs in air samples; application of SRXRF techniques and advances in the development of field deployable aerosol mass spectrometry systems. In the analysis of water, significant areas of activity currently focus on elemental speciation of As, Cr, Hg and Sn. Work in increasing method sensitivities through the use of vapour generation and optimization of extraction and preconcentration procedures continues. The increased global awareness of the need to monitor levels of potentially toxic elements (PTE) in soils is desirable and this is reflected in a growing body of published literature from authors in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. However, a potential criticism of some studies is that they simply report the concentrations of analytes in particular soils or plants, without providing sufficient information on analytical quality control and with little assessment of their environmental significance, e.g. those levels that are a threat to human health. In the field of geological analysis, considerable effort is being spent not only on the production, characterization and certification of new geological reference materials, but also on enhancing the certification of existing reference materials and the development of reference materials with assigned elemental isotopic ratios. Laser ablation continues to go from strength to strength in being adopted as a solid sampling tool in geochemical analysis. Feedback on this review is most welcome and the lead author can be contacted using the email address provided.

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“…A review of recent isotope ratio applications (147 refs) 361 noted a significant increase in publications in areas such as palaeoclimate and oceanography as a result of more funding opportunities in research associated with climate change.…”

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Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis

Butler

Cairns

Cook

et al. 2010

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

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Revisiting Rhenium-Osmium Isotopic Investigations of Petroleum Systems: From Geochemical Behaviours to Geological Interpretations

Wang

Wilde

et al. 2021

J. Earth Sci.

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Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Jakubowski

Horsky

Roos

et al. 2014

Sector Field Mass Spectrometry for Elemental and Isotopic Analysis

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ICP-MS is based on the formation of (preferentially monovalent positively) charged atomic ions in an inductively coupled Ar plasma at almost 10 000 K. The ions formed are transferred from the plasma source at ambient pressure into a mass separator operated at high vacuum via a set of cones. The ions are separated according to their mass/charge ratio in the mass separator (quadrupole, magnetic sector field or time-of-flight mass separator). In most cases, the ions are detected using a secondary electron multiplier; in some set-ups (also) a Faraday cup can be used. Single-collector (scanning mass spectrometer usually used for quantitative elemental analysis) or multicollector (static operation of mass spectrometer for precise isotope ratio analysis) configurations can be found (Figures 12.1 and 12.2).

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Isotope Ratio Determination in the Earth and Environmental Sciences: Developments and Applications in 2006–2007

Cited by 8 publications

References 148 publications

Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis

Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis

Revisiting Rhenium-Osmium Isotopic Investigations of Petroleum Systems: From Geochemical Behaviours to Geological Interpretations

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

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