大陆构造控制了法内罗纪时期的海洋氧化
Alexandre Pohl1,2, Andy Ridgwell3, Richard G Stockey4
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA. alexandre.pohl@u-bourgogne.fr.
Nature
|August 17, 2022
概括
大陆的漂移,而不是大气中的氧气, 深刻地改变了整个Phanerozoic时代的海洋氧气水平. 这项研究揭示了海洋动物进化和灭绝驱动力的新见解.
科学领域:
- 地球系统科学
- 古代海洋学
- 海洋生物学
背景情况:
- 海洋动物的进化和灭绝在历史上与海洋溶解氧 (O2) 水平有关.
- 大众普遍认为海洋氧主要由大气氧 (pO2) 水平控制.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究大陆重排对法内罗纪时代海洋氧化的影响.
- 探索大陆结构,海洋循环和海洋生物进化之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 使用地球系统模型实验来模拟海洋氧化.
- 分析大陆漂移对全球海洋循环和氧气分布的影响.
主要成果:
- 大陆的重新排列导致海洋氧化的显著变化,使上层海洋和底层海洋脱.
- 确定了海洋循环中的状态过渡,导致了早期的法内罗纪深海无氧,即使在现代大气氧水平 (pO2).
- 海洋氧化在千年 (kyr) 周期内波动,独立于全球气候或大气 pO2.
结论:
- 大陆的结构在生物圈进化过程中扮演着至关重要的,以前没有被认可的角色,因为它推动了海洋的氧化周期.
- 这些发现挑战了海洋氧化还原代理的解释以及大气氧和海洋氧化之间的直接联系.
- 这项研究提供了早期古生物学期所观察到的元动物辐射和灭绝模式的机制.
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