title: Lithium isotope composition of basalt glass reference material.
abstract: We present data on the lithium isotope compositions of glass reference materials from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determined by multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS), thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), and secondary ionization mass spectrometry (SIMS). Our data on the USGS basaltic glass standards agree within 2 per thousand, independent of the sample matrix or Li concentration. For SIMS analysis, we propose use of the USGS glasses GSD-1G (delta(7)Li 31.14 +/- 0.8 per thousand, 2sigma) and BCR-2G (delta(7)Li 4.08 +/- 1.0 per thousand, 2sigma) as suitable standards that cover a wide range of Li isotope compositions. Lithium isotope measurements on the silica-rich NIST 600 glass series by MC-ICPMS and TIMS agree within 0.8 per thousand, but SIMS analyses show systematic isotopic differences. Our results suggest that SIMS Li isotope analyses have a significant matrix bias in high-silica materials. Our data are intended to serve as a reference for both microanalytical and bulk analytical techniques and to improve comparisons between Li isotope data produced by different methodologies.
authors.affiliation: Grant Institute of Earth Science, Ion Microprobe Unit, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, Scotland, U.K. Simone.Kasemann@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Simone A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kasemann
authors.forename: Alistair B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jeffcoate
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D007554:Isotopes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D008094:Lithium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry*; D012015:Reference Standards; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D007554:Isotopes; D008903:Minerals; D017640:Silicates; C060346:basalt; D008094:Lithium