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Novak, Martin; Farkas, Juraj; Kram, Pavel; Hruska, Jakub; Stepanova, Marketa; Veselovsky, Frantisek; Curik, Jan; Andronikov, Alexandre V.; Sebek, Ondrej; Simecek, Martin; Fottova, Daniela; Bohdalkova, Leona; Prechova, Eva; Koubova, Magdalena; Vitkova, Hyacinta

Controls on δ26Mg variability in three Central European headwater catchments characterized by contrasting bedrock chemistry and contrasting inputs of atmospheric pollutants

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Controls on δ26Mg variability in three Central European headwater catchments characterized by contrasting bedrock chemistry and contrasting inputs of atmospheric pollutants
  • Contributor: Novak, Martin; Farkas, Juraj; Kram, Pavel; Hruska, Jakub; Stepanova, Marketa; Veselovsky, Frantisek; Curik, Jan; Andronikov, Alexandre V.; Sebek, Ondrej; Simecek, Martin; Fottova, Daniela; Bohdalkova, Leona; Prechova, Eva; Koubova, Magdalena; Vitkova, Hyacinta
  • imprint: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020
  • Published in: PLOS ONE
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242915
  • ISSN: 1932-6203
  • Keywords: Multidisciplinary
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  • Description: <jats:p>Magnesium isotope ratios (<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg/<jats:sup>24</jats:sup>Mg) can provide insights into the origin of Mg pools and fluxes in catchments where Mg sources have distinct isotope compositions, and the direction and magnitude of Mg isotope fractionations are known. Variability in Mg isotope compositions was investigated in three small, spruce-forested catchments in the Czech Republic (Central Europe) situated along an industrial pollution gradient. The following combinations of catchment characteristics were selected for the study: low-Mg bedrock + low Mg deposition (site LYS, underlain by leucogranite); high-Mg bedrock + low Mg deposition (site PLB, underlain by serpentinite), and low-Mg bedrock + high Mg deposition (site UDL, underlain by orthogneiss). UDL, affected by spruce die-back due to acid rain, was the only investigated site where dolomite was applied to mitigate forest decline. The δ<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg values of 10 catchment compartments were determined on pooled subsamples. At LYS, a wide range of δ<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg values was observed across the compartments, from -3.38 ‰ (bedrock) to -2.88 ‰ (soil), -1.48% (open-area precipitation), -1.34 ‰ (throughfall), -1.19 ‰ (soil water), -0.99 ‰ (xylem), -0.95 ‰ (needles), -0.82 ‰ (bark), -0.76 ‰ (fine roots), and -0.76 ‰ (runoff). The δ<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg values at UDL spanned 1.32 ‰ and were thus less variable, compared to LYS. Magnesium at PLB was isotopically relatively homogeneous. The δ<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg systematics was consistent with geogenic control of runoff Mg at PLB. Mainly atmospheric/biological control of runoff Mg was indicated at UDL, and possibly also at LYS. Our sites did not exhibit the combination of low-δ<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg runoff and high-δ<jats:sup>26</jats:sup>Mg weathering products (secondary clay minerals) reported from several previously studied sites. Six years after the end of liming at UDL, Mg derived from dolomite was isotopically undetectable in runoff.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access