在大氧化事件发生之前,一口气的氧气?
Ariel D Anbar1, Yun Duan, Timothy W Lyons
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. anbar@asu.edu
概括
在大氧化事件发生前5000万年,地球早期的海洋中含有氧气,古代页岩中和的丰富表明了这一点. 这表明了早期大气中的氧气,影响了我们对古代环境的理解.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 古海洋学是古海洋学.
- 早期地球的条件.
背景情况:
- 大氧化事件 (GOE) 标志着大气氧气的显著增加.
- 在GE之前的环境条件尚未完全理解.
- 敏感的金属可以作为古代海洋化学的代理物.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查阿尔盖时代晚期麦克雷山页岩中氧化还原敏感金属的存在.
- 为了确定金属丰富的来源和时间.
- 评估早期地球大气氧气水平的影响.
主要方法:
- 高分辨率的化学平流图分析金属度.
- 与有机碳相关联,以推断金属来源.
- /奥斯地质年代学测定了沉积物特征的日期.
主要成果:
- 在麦克雷山页岩中发现的和的丰富.
- 金属丰富与有机碳相关,表明海水来源.
- /的约会将这种缩定在2501 +/- 800万年前.
- 有证据表明,金属是由硫化物的氧化气候提供.
结论:
- 麦克雷山页岩记录了从海水中丰富金属的早期事件.
- 这种丰富比大氧化事件早了5000多万年.
- 这些发现表明,在阿尔开纪晚期的环境中存在局部氧气.
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