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    Redox decoupling and redox budgets: Conceptual tools for thestudy of earth systems

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    Evans, Katy
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Evans, Katy. 2006. Redox decoupling and redox budgets: Conceptual tools for the study of earth systems. Geology 34 (6): pp. 489-492.
    Source Title
    Geology
    DOI
    10.1130/G22390.1
    ISSN
    00917613
    Faculty
    Department of Applied Geology
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    WA School of Mines
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7086
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    Abstract

    Redox processes affect many aspects of geological systems. It is therefore useful to distinguish between chemical processes that result in changes in the capacities of reservoirs to oxidize or reduce from those that do not. Two terms are proposed to make this distinction. The first is redox decoupling: the transport of redox- sensitive elements (e.g., H, C, S, Fe) such that reservoirs experience a change in their capacity to oxidize or reduce other material. The second is electrochemical differentiation: the effect of one or more redox decoupling processes that change existing gradients in redox potential. Recognition of redox decoupling requires the use of an extensive rather than an intensive redox variable, because intensive variables do not provide information on fluxes. Redox budget, defined as the number of moles of negative charge that must be added to a sample to reach a reference state, is such a variable. Construction of redox budgets for mid-oceanic-ridge basalt (MORB) lavas and glasses reveals that redox decoupling occurs during crystallization at the Mid-Atlantic, Pacific, and Red Sea ridges, with net oxidation of the crystallized lava. The concepts of electrochemical differentiation, redox decoupling, and redox budget may be useful for researchers studying global cycling, the formation of ore deposits, volcanism, evolution of the mantle, crust and core, redox-related environmental problems, and biotic systems.

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