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Restricciones en los procesos hidrotermales y el intercambio de agua en el lago Vostok de los isótopos de helio
P Jean-Baptiste1, J R Petit, V Y Lipenkov
1Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA/CNRS, Centre d'études de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France. pjb@lsce.saclay.cea.fr
Nature
|May 25, 2001
Resumen
Análisis de isótopos de helio del lago Vostok en la Antártida
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Glaciología glaciología.
- El análisis de isótopos es un análisis de isótopos.
Sus antecedentes:
- El lago Vostok es el lago subglacial más grande de la Antártida, enterrado bajo 3,750 × 4,100 m de hielo.
- El hielo acumulado formado por el agua congelada del lago ofrece información sobre el entorno subglacial.
- Los isótopos de helio en el hielo proporcionan un trazador único para los procesos de los lagos subglaciales.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el origen del helio dentro del hielo acumulado del lago Vostok.
- Evaluar el potencial de fuentes de energía hidrotermales o impulsadas por el manto dentro del lago.
- Para estimar el tiempo de renovación del agua del lago.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de isótopos de helio (razones 3He/4He) en muestras de núcleos de hielo del agujero de perforación de la Estación Vostok.
- Examen de las secciones de hielo que representan el límite entre el hielo de los glaciares y el hielo acumulado de los lagos.
- Modelado del flujo de helio y presupuesto para determinar el tiempo de renovación del lago.
Principales resultados:
- El hielo acumulado muestra enriquecimiento en helio con una firma de isótopos radiogénicos característica de la corteza continental.
- Las proporciones medidas de 3He/4He son inconsistentes con las aportaciones significativas del manto de alta entalpía o los procesos hidrotermales.
- El presupuesto estimado de helio sugiere un tiempo de renovación del agua del lago de aproximadamente 5.000 años.
Conclusiones:
- La fuente de helio en el lago Vostok se origina en la antigua corteza continental circundante.
- Es poco probable que fuentes sustanciales de calor hidrotermales o impulsadas por el manto estén influyendo en el lago.
- El lago Vostok tiene una escala de tiempo de renovación del agua relativamente larga, del orden de los milenios.
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