重建过去的海水Mg/Ca和Sr/Ca从中洋山脊侧碳酸静脉中
Rosalind M Coggon1, Damon A H Teagle, Christopher E Smith-Duque
1Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
概括
过去的海水化学成分,通过/ (Mg/Ca) 和/ (Sr/Ca) 的比率来揭示,低于今天. 这一发现基于古老的海洋脊侧基岩,表明减少的热水交换影响了这些比率.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 古代海洋学 古代海洋学 古代海洋学
- 海洋地质学海洋地质学
背景情况:
- 海水的化学成分,包括/ (Mg/Ca) 和/ (Sr/Ca) 的比例,为地球的动态元素交换提供了洞察力.
- 这些代理对于理解固体地球,大气,水层之间的相互作用以及生命对地质时间尺度的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了重建过去的海洋Mg/Ca和Sr/Ca比率.
- 调查这些关键海水化学代理物变化的长期趋势和潜在驱动因素.
主要方法:
- 分析来自海洋山脊侧面玄武岩的碳酸静脉,年龄在160万年至170万年之间.
- 利用这些静脉作为海水衍生流体的档案来估计过去的Mg/Ca和Sr/Ca比率.
主要成果:
- 与现代海洋价值相比,海洋Mg/Ca和Sr/Ca比率在新生代时期之前明显较低.
- 数据显示,这些比率在地质时间上的明显变化.
结论:
- 在古代海洋中观察到较低的Mg/Ca和Sr/Ca比率表明存在不同的地化学条件.
- 自白时期以来,海洋扩散速度的降低和随后在第三纪早期的海洋地水热交换的减少被认为是解释这些比率上升到现代水平的关键因素.
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