堆積物における有機物の保存は,鉄によって促進される
Karine Lalonde1, Alfonso Mucci, Alexandre Ouellet
1GEOTOP and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
Nature
|March 9, 2012
まとめ
堆積物中の鉄は有機炭素と結合し,それを"生のシンク"の中に保存します. この関連性は,炭素の長期貯蔵と地球規模の生地化学サイクルにとって極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- バイオジオケミストリー バイオジオケミストリー
- 環境科学 環境科学
背景:
- 鉄と有機炭素の生地化学的循環は相互に関連しています.
- 有機リガンドは海に溶けた鉄を制御し,鉄相は土壌に有機炭素を保存する.
- 海洋沈殿物の有機物質の保存における鉄の役割は不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- 様々な堆積物における反応性鉄相に関連した有機炭素を定量化するために.
- 海洋環境における有機物質の保存のための鉄と有機炭素の相互作用の重要性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 以前に土壌に適用されていた鉄の還元法を用いて,様々な堆積物種に用いられた.
- 様々な堆積環境からの堆積物を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 堆積物中の有機炭素の約21.5%±8.6%が直接反応性鉄相に結合している.
- 推定の世界質量 (19-45) ×10^15グラムの有機炭素は,鉄の結合により海洋堆積物の中に保存されている.
- 有機的な炭素と鉄の結合は,共同降水および/または直接ケレーションによって形成されます.
結論:
- 鉄と有機炭素の結合は,堆積物における有機物の保存を大きく促進する.
- 反応性鉄相は,有機炭素の長期的"生のシンク"として機能する.
- これらの相互作用は,世界の炭素,酸素,硫黄のサイクルにおける重要な要因である.
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