大気と海洋の進化
H D Holland1, B Lazar, M McCaffrey
1Department of Geological Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Nature
|March 6, 1986
まとめ
地球 地球 地球 地球 地球 地球
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 大気科学 大気科学
- 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
背景:
- 大気と海洋の構成要素は,動的均衡状態にある.
- 現在の人間の活動は,これらの自然のバランスを大きく破壊しています.
- 過去の地球環境は,現在の状態と大きく異なっていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 過去の大気と海洋の化学を調査する.
- 生物圏が大気進化に与える影響を理解する.
- 現在の人類による干渉の深刻さを評価する.
主な方法:
- 海洋蒸気鉱物鉱物学の分析.
- 古代の土壌化学の調査.
- パレオ大気組成の再構築.
主要な成果:
- 海水の構成は少なくとも9億年 (Myr) ほど前から安定している.
- 古代の大気 (1000万年以上前) は,CO2が高く,O2が低かった.
- 過酸化水素とフォーマルデヒドは,初期の雨水の主要な酸化還元剤であった可能性が高い.
結論:
- 生物圏の進化は,1000万年前から大気化学の大きな変化と密接に結びついています.
- 地球の動的均衡に対する現在の混乱は前例のないものです.
- 過去の変化を理解することは,将来の気候と大気の変化を評価するために不可欠です.
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