mark smits edited From_lab_to_field_Although__.md  about 8 years ago

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Stable isotopes of especially Ca and Sr have been used extensively to source the origin of Ca in drainage water .   Applied to plant tissues, it could potentially traceback plant nutrients back to their primary source.   It has been primarily used to study the apatite weathering.  Apatite is a calcium-phosphate mineral, and as P has no stable isotopes, the uptake dynamics can only be studied via the Ca ion (or potentially the ^18^O/^16^O 18O/16O  in the phosphate group . As apatite is generally only a minor mineral in the soil mineral matrix, its contribution to the soil solution Ca pool is minor compared to other minerals.  If