三重氧同位素证据为有限的中新生代初级生产力
Peter W Crockford1,2,3, Justin A Hayles4,5, Huiming Bao5,6
1McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. peter.crockford@mail.mcgill.ca.
Nature
|July 20, 2018
概括
来自14亿年前的硫酸盐的证据显示,在原生态时代,全球生物圈的生产力下降. 三重氧同位素测量 (delta 17O) 表明一个独特的古代大气,影响我们对早期地球的理解
科学领域:
- 地质化学
- 古气候学
- 生物地质科学
背景情况:
- 在复杂的真核生态系统之前,人们普遍认为地球古代生物圈的生产率较低.
- 支持这一说法的直接地质证据很少,阻碍了对早期生物圈动态的清晰理解.
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