Igneous rocks provide paleoclimate data through isotopic composition and trapped volatiles
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Igneous rocks yield valuable paleoclimate and geochemical data through the analysis of their trapped volatile components and isotopic compositions.
Evidence for · 3
Applications of Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in the Geological Sciences--A Review.
2015 · cited by 94
Paper [1] notes that micro-FTIR can characterize volatiles in glasses and minerals within geological samples, providing fundamental information on paleoclimate and magmatic systems.
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Chondritic mercury isotopic composition of Earth and evidence for evaporative equilibrium degassing during the formation of eucrites
2020 · cited by 42
Paper [3] investigates the mercury isotopic composition of terrestrial igneous rocks, showing how isotopic variations trace planetary volatile budgets and magmatic degassing.
Mercury isotopic composition of igneous rocks from an accretionary orogen: Implications for lithospheric recycling
2022 · cited by 26
Paper [4] uses mercury isotopic compositions in igneous rocks to trace geochemical cycling and the involvement of surface fluids and melts in the lithosphere.