在前坎布里亚大陆断裂流体中,同位素证据表明酸盐的周转率
Elliott P Mueller1, Juliann Panehal2, Alexander Meshoulam2
1Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. elliottpmueller@gmail.com.
Nature communications
|October 23, 2024
概括
深层地液中的酸盐循环比以前想象的要快,这表明微生物生命得到支持. 这项研究使用了一种新型的同位素交换钟来测量乙酸的停留时间.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 同位素地球化学 同位素地球化学
背景情况:
- 深层大陆地是微生物生命的潜在息地,但其碳循环的理解很少.
- 乙是这些生态系统中的关键有机酸,但其周转率和作用仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用同位素交换时钟来确定深层地液体中的酸盐停留时间.
- 评估在加拿大前坎布里亚时期地中由乙酸盐循环支持的微生物生命的潜力.
主要方法:
- 基于乙酸-水平衡的H-同位素交换钟的开发.
- 时钟应用于从Birchtree和Kidd Creek矿山采集的断裂液样本.
- 乙的营业额率的计算.
主要成果:
- 在加拿大甲纪前的地中,乙酸的存在时间被发现不到100万年.
- 计算的周转率理论上支持这些深层地下环境中的微生物生命.
- 放射性水岩反应也可能影响乙酸的生产和降解.
结论:
- 同位素交换时钟是确定生物分子在地下环境中的停留时间的有效工具.
- 深层地中的酸盐循环可以维持微生物生态系统.
- 了解这些过程对全球深层生物圈和天体生物学有影响.
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