海洋中溶解的黑碳的可变老化和储存
Alysha I Coppola1, Ellen R M Druffel2, Taylor A Broek3
1Department of Earth Sciences, Geological Institute, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8092, Switzerland.
概括
海洋中的黑碳 (BC) 在溶解有机碳 (DOC) 中动态循环,而不是作为均的旧材料. 这项研究揭示了BC是耐火DOC的一部分,其中特定的分数长期储存碳.
科学领域:
- 海洋化学 海洋化学
- 生物地质化学循环是什么
- 碳循环是碳循环的过程.
背景情况:
- 生物质燃烧产生黑碳 (BC),通过河流和沉积进入海洋.
- 乙对海洋溶解有机碳 (DOC) 作出贡献,其中一些有超过20,000年的年龄,这表明长期储存.
- 大多数海洋DOC (>80%) 在分子上没有特征,这阻碍了对碳池的理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究溶解黑碳 (DBC) 的来源和循环.
- 确定DBC对北太平洋耐火DOC (RDOC) 的贡献.
- 描述DBC在DOC池中的年龄和尺寸分布.
主要方法:
- 从北太平洋收集大小分割的溶解有机碳 (DOC) 样本.
- 使用二聚碳酸作为黑碳 (BC) 的分子标记物.
- 进行放射性碳 (14C) 测量以确定DBC组件的年龄.
主要成果:
- 溶解黑碳 (DBC) 循环是异质的,不均的年龄.
- 半性和耐火性DBC组件都存在于不同的DOC大小分数中.
- DBC是耐火DOC (RDOC) 的组成部分,在千年时间尺度上循环.
- 低分子量DOC含有显著的,持久的DBC,负责长期储存.
结论:
- 海洋中的黑碳 (BC) 比以前认为的更具活力.
- DBC被整合到耐火DOC池中,特定的分数在数千年内储存碳.
- 海洋表面的过程影响了海洋碳循环中的DBC组成,周转和长期命运.
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