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Huiming Bao1, J R Lyons, Chuanming Zhou
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. bao@lsu.edu
Nature
|May 24, 2008
Resumen
El antiguo sulfato es antiguo.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Paleoclimatología Paleoclimatología
- Ciencias del Sistema Terrestre Ciencias del Sistema Terrestre
Sus antecedentes:
- La composición de la atmósfera es clave para la historia de la Tierra.
- Los registros atmosféricos directos son escasos.
- Los geólogos usan métodos indirectos para reconstruir atmósferas pasadas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para reconstruir la composición atmosférica pasada utilizando nuevos proxies isotópicos.
- Investigar el vínculo entre el oxígeno atmosférico, el dióxido de carbono y el ozono en el tiempo geológico.
- Para probar las hipótesis con respecto a los eventos climáticos del Neoproterozoico.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de la composición de isótopos triples de oxígeno (anomalía 17O) en antiguos sulfatos (evaporitos y baritas).
- Utilizando las anomalías del isótopo oxígeno-17 del sulfato como un sustituto del oxígeno atmosférico.
- Vinculando las variaciones de oxígeno atmosférico a los niveles de dióxido de carbono a través de modelos fotoquímicos.
Principales resultados:
- Anomalías de isótopos de oxígeno-17 negativos variables observadas en los sulfatos durante los últimos 750 millones de años.
- Estas anomalías se correlacionan con los niveles pasados de oxígeno atmosférico e inferir la presión parcial de dióxido de carbono (P(CO2)).
- Evidencia de un P significativamente más alto (CO2) en el Cámbrico temprano en comparación con períodos posteriores.
- Un claro aumento de la anomalía del 17O negativo en las baritas marinas sugiere un pico de P (CO2) después de la glaciación del Neoproterozoico.
Conclusiones:
- Los isótopos triples de oxígeno en los sulfatos proporcionan un nuevo sustituto para la composición atmosférica pasada.
- Las tendencias inferidas de P ((CO2) se alinean con los modelos existentes y apoyan los altos niveles de CO2 del Cámbrico temprano.
- La anomalía marino apoya la hipótesis de la "Tierra bola de nieve" o una gran liberación de metano después de la glaciación.
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