Journal of the Week: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta focuses on a wide range of subjects in  terrestrial geochemistry, meteoritics, and planetary geochemistry. Topics covered in this journal include physical chemistry of gases, aqueous solutions, glasses, and crystalline solids; igneous and metamorphic petrology; chemical processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere of the Earth; organic geochemistry; isotope geochemistry; meteoritics and meteorite impacts; lunar science; and planetary geochemistry.

Some interesting recent articles include:

Cindy De Jonge, Alina Stadnitskaia, Ellen C. Hopmans, Georgy Cherkashov, Andrey Fedotov, Irina D. Streletskaya, Alexander A. Vasiliev, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2015) Drastic changes in the distribution of branched tetraether lipids in suspended matter and sediments from the Yenisei River and Kara Sea (Siberia): Implications for the use of brGDGT-based proxies in coastal marine sediments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 165, 200–225 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Huei-Ting Lin, Jan P. Amend, Douglas E. LaRowe, Jon-Paul Bingham, James P. Cowen (2015) Dissolved amino acids in oceanic basaltic basement fluids, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 164, 175–190 Link to Abstract/Full Text

K.A. Koho, L.J. de Nooijer, G.J. Reichart (2015) Combining benthic foraminiferal ecology and shell Mn/Ca to deconvolve past bottom water oxygenation and paleoproductivity, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 165, 294–306 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Simon Turner, Thomas Kokfelt, Folkmar Hauff, Karsten Haase, Craig Lundstrom, Kaj Hoernle, Isobel Yeo, Colin Devey (2015) Mid-ocean ridge basalt generation along the slow-spreading, South Mid-Atlantic Ridge (5–11°S): Inferences from 238U–230Th–226Ra disequilibria, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 169, 152–166 Link to Abstract/Full Text

Vincent Noël, Guillaume Morin, Farid Juillot, Cyril Marchand, Jessica Brest, John R. Bargar, Manuel Muñoz, Grégory Marakovic, Sandy Ardo, Gordon E. Brown Jr. (2015) Ni cycling in mangrove sediments from New Caledonia, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 169, 82–98 Link to Abstract/Full Text

The most recent issue of this journal is Volume 166, dated October 2015, while Volume 167 and 169 are currently available as In Progress. AIMS staff interested in reading more or browsing the journal can click here. As the AIMS Library is currently subscribed to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, staff should be able to access the full text of all articles. 

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