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@ARTICLE{Cai:906270,
author = {Cai, Di and Henehan, Michael J. and Uhlig, David and von
Blanckenburg, Friedhelm},
title = {{M}g isotope composition of runoff is buffered by the
regolith exchangeable pool},
journal = {Geochimica et cosmochimica acta},
volume = {321},
issn = {0016-7037},
address = {New York, NY [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-01336},
pages = {99 - 114},
year = {2022},
abstract = {In a small, forested catchment underlain by gneiss
(Conventwald, Black Forest, Germany), we found that the
magnesiumisotope composition (d26Mg) of creek water did not
show seasonal variability, despite variations in dissolved
Mg concentrations. To investigate the potential controlling
factors on water d26Mg values, we studied the Mg isotope
composition of solid samples (bedrock, bulk soil, clay-sized
fraction of soil, separated minerals, the exchangeable
fraction of regolith) and water samples comprising time
series of creek water, groundwater and subsurface flow.
Subsurface flow from 0–15 cm depth (?0.80 ± 0.08‰) and
15–150 cm depth (?0.66 ± 0.17‰), groundwater (?0.55 ±
0.03‰), and creek water (?0.54 ± 0.04‰) are all
depleted in heavy Mg isotopes compared to bedrock (?0.21 ±
0.05‰). Subsurface flow samples have similar d26Mg values
to the regolith exchangeable fraction at the respective
sampling depths. Also, groundwater and creek water show
d26Mg values that are identical to those of the exchangeable
fraction in the deep regolith. We suggest, therefore, that
cation-exchange processes in the regolith control Mg
concentrations and d26Mg values of creek water at our study
site. This assumption was further verified by batch
adsorption-desorption experiments using soil samples from
this study, which showed negligible Mg isotope fractionation
during adsorption-desorption. We propose that the
exchangeable fraction of the regolith buffers dissolved Mg
concentrations by adsorbing and storing Mg when soil
solutions are high in concentration in the dry season and
desorbing Mg when rainfall infiltrates and percolates
through the regolith in the wet season. This mechanism may
explain the near chemostatic behavior of Mg concentrations
and the invariance of d26Mg values in creek water. In
addition, the depth distribution of exchangeable Mg
concentration and isotope composition in the regolith
reflects mineral dissolution and secondary mineral formation
in deep regolith (>3 m) and biological cycling in shallower
depth (0–3 m). Magnesium stable isotopes thus provide an
accurate snapshot of the geogenic (weathering) and the
organic (bio-cycled) nutrient cycle.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000783485400006},
doi = {10.1016/j.gca.2022.01.011},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/906270},
}