Inter-laboratory comparison of oxygen isotope compositions from biogenic silica

Bernhard Chapligin; Melanie J. Leng; Elizabeth Webb; Anne Alexandre; Justin P. Dodd; Akira Ijiri; Andreas Lücke; Aldo Shemesh; Andrea Abelmann; Ulrike Herzschuh; Fred J. Longstaffe; Hanno Meyer; Robert Moschen; Yusuke Okazaki; Nicholas H. Rees; Zachary D. Sharp; Hilary J. Sloane; Corinne Sonzogni; George E.A. Swann; Florence Sylvestre; Jonathan J. Tyler; Ruth Yam

doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.011

Inter-laboratory comparison of oxygen isotope compositions from biogenic silica

Bernhard Chapligin, Melanie J. Leng, Elizabeth Webb, Anne Alexandre, Justin P. Dodd, Akira Ijiri, Andreas Lücke, Aldo Shemesh, Andrea Abelmann, Ulrike Herzschuh, Fred J. Longstaffe, Hanno Meyer, Robert Moschen, Yusuke Okazaki, Nicholas H. Rees, Zachary D. Sharp, Hilary J. Sloane, Corinne Sonzogni, George E.A. Swann, Florence SylvestreJonathan J. Tyler, Ruth Yam

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Several techniques have been introduced in the last decades for the dehydration and release of O₂ from biogenic silica (opal-A) for oxygen-isotope analysis. However, only one silica standard is universally available: a quartz standard (NBS28) distributed by the IAEA, Vienna. Hence, there is a need for biogenic silica working standards. This paper compares the existing methods of oxygen-isotope analyses of opal-A and aims to characterize additional possible working standards to calibrate the δ¹⁸O values of biogenic silica. For this purpose, an inter-laboratory comparison was organized. Six potential working standard materials were analysed repeatedly against NBS28 by eight participating laboratories using their specific analytical methods. The materials cover a wide range of δ¹⁸O values (+23 to +43‰) and include diatoms (marine, lacustrine), phytoliths and synthetically-produced hydrous silica. To characterize the proposed standards, chemical analyses and imaging by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were also performed. Despite procedural differences at each laboratory, all methods are in reasonable agreement with a standard deviation (SD) for δ¹⁸O values between 0.3‰ and 0.9‰ (1σ). Based on the results, we propose four additional biogenic silica working standards (PS1772-8: 42.8‰; BFC: 29.0‰; MSG60: 37.0‰; G95-25-CL leaves: 36.6‰) for δ¹⁸O analyses, available on request through the relevant laboratories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7242-7256
Number of pages	15
Journal	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume	75
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.011
Publication status	Published - Nov 15 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Chapligin, B., Leng, M. J., Webb, E., Alexandre, A., Dodd, J. P., Ijiri, A., Lücke, A., Shemesh, A., Abelmann, A., Herzschuh, U., Longstaffe, F. J., Meyer, H., Moschen, R., Okazaki, Y., Rees, N. H., Sharp, Z. D., Sloane, H. J., Sonzogni, C., Swann, G. E. A., ... Yam, R. (2011). Inter-laboratory comparison of oxygen isotope compositions from biogenic silica. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(22), 7242-7256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.011

Chapligin, B, Leng, MJ, Webb, E, Alexandre, A, Dodd, JP, Ijiri, A, Lücke, A, Shemesh, A, Abelmann, A, Herzschuh, U, Longstaffe, FJ, Meyer, H, Moschen, R, Okazaki, Y, Rees, NH, Sharp, ZD, Sloane, HJ, Sonzogni, C, Swann, GEA, Sylvestre, F, Tyler, JJ & Yam, R 2011, 'Inter-laboratory comparison of oxygen isotope compositions from biogenic silica', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 75, no. 22, pp. 7242-7256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.011

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