ジュラ紀の海洋無酸素現象の際にガス水素の大量解離
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. stephen.hesselbo@earth.ox.ac.uk
Nature
|August 10, 2000
まとめ
トアル紀初期には,ガス水素からメタンが放出され,高量の有機炭素の埋葬率にもかかわらず,地球の貯水池に広がった軽炭素同位体が発生した可能性が高い. この出来事は約1.83億年前に起こった.
科学分野:
- 古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは
- 地質化学 地質化学
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
背景:
- 初期トアルカ紀の海洋性無酸素現象 (約. 18300万年前) は,高レベルの有機炭素埋葬,高温,大量絶滅と関連しています.
- この期間の軽炭素同位体に関する以前の説明は,局所的な上流に重点を置いていた.
- 岩石や化石にある重い炭素同位体は,軽い有機炭素の埋葬に起因すると考えられていた.
研究 の 目的:
- トルシアン初期における海洋性無酸素現象における軽炭素同位体の源を調査する.
- 局所的な上流が,地球規模の炭素同位体異常を説明できるかどうかを判断するために.
- 観測された炭素同位体パターンの代替メカニズムを提案する.
主な方法:
- 初期トアルキア期からの化石木の炭素同位体分析.
- 化石木材からの同位体データと,海洋有機物質,岩,化石からの既存のデータとの比較.
- 潜在的な炭素循環の混乱をモデリングする.
主要な成果:
- 化石木は,同位体として軽い炭素が海洋,生物圏,大気圏の貯蔵庫を支配していたことを明らかにした.
- これらの軽い炭素シグネチャーは,高レベルの有機炭素埋葬率にもかかわらず,世界的に持続しました.
- この発見は,局所的な上流にのみ基づく説明と矛盾しています.
結論:
- 広く広がっている軽炭素同位体シグネチャは,炭素循環の世界的な混乱を示唆しています.
- 海洋ガスの水素からメタンの大量かつ急速な放出が,主な要因として提案されている.
- このメタンの放出イベントは,後期パレオセンの熱的最大値のために提案されたメカニズムに類似しています.
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