中国南部のイソトープ的に異常なキャップ・ドルストーン・セメントの熱水源である
Thomas F Bristow1, Magali Bonifacie, Arkadiusz Derkowski
1Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. thomas.f.bristow@nasa.gov
Nature
|May 27, 2011
まとめ
クラスラートからメタンが放出されることは,マリノ海の絶滅の原因ではないかもしれない.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- 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,古代気候学 (paleoclimatology) とは
- イソトープ地球化学 イソトープ地球化学
背景:
- 不安定したクラスラートからメタンの放出は,地球温暖化に対する仮説的な肯定的なフィードバックメカニズムである.
- このメタンの放出は,マリノの"雪球地球"氷河期 (約6.35億年前) の終わりの原因として提案されています.
- 中国南部のキャップ・ドルストーンにおける炭素同位体シグネチャーは,以前は,脱氷期におけるメタンの酸化の証拠として解釈されていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 中国南部のキャップ・ドルストーンにおける炭素同位体枯渇のタイミングと起源を再評価する.
- マリノ海の脱氷過程でクラスラートからメタンが放出されているという仮説を検証するために.
- 海洋環境におけるプレカンブリア元メタノトロフィーの限界を理解する.
主な方法:
- 結晶温度を決定するために,炭酸塩の凝集された同位体温度測定法.
- ストロンチウムイソトープ ((87) Sr / ((86) Sr) と微量元素含有量の分析.
- 粘土鉱物分析は,ダイアゲネティックなプロセスを評価するためのものです.
主要な成果:
- 枯渇した炭素同位体シグネチャを持つ炭酸塩は,キャップ・ドルストーンの堆積後160万年以上にわたって結晶化しました.
- これらの枯渇した炭酸は,熱水流体から形成され,深層の熱性メタンの酸化を示しています.
- この発見は,マリノの脱氷過程でメタンが放出されている証拠として,これらのシグネチャーの解釈を否定しています.
結論:
- 中国南部のマリノ海の脱氷期におけるメタンの放出に関する炭素同位体の証拠は無効である.
- プレカンブリア期以前の海洋環境は,低硫酸塩濃度のため,非常に炭素が乏しいシップ炭酸を産生する能力が限られていた可能性が高い.
- "スノーボール地球"を終わらせたクラトラート不安定化の役割は不明であり,そのような同位体信号を残していない可能性が高い.
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