DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116167
论文题名: The triple oxygen isotope composition of Precambrian chert
作者: Liljestrand F.L. ; Knoll A.H. ; Tosca N.J. ; Cohen P.A. ; Macdonald F.A. ; Peng Y. ; Johnston D.T.
刊名: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
ISSN: 0012821X
出版年: 2020
卷: 537 语种: 英语
中文关键词: chert
; oxygen isotope
英文关键词: Groundwater
; Monte Carlo methods
; Oxygen
; Seawater
; Silica
; Silicon
; Stratigraphy
; Submarine geology
; Uncertainty analysis
; chert
; Critical constraints
; Geochemical signatures
; Isotopic composition
; Oxygen isotope composition
; Oxygen isotopes
; Triple oxygen isotope composition
; Triple oxygen isotopes
; Isotopes
; chert
; diagenesis
; isotopic composition
; marine sediment
; oxygen isotope
; Precambrian
; seawater
英文摘要: The temperature and chemistry of early seawater have both been inferred from the isotopic composition of Precambrian chert (SiO2), a precipitated mineral formed on or within marine sediments. The δ18O of chert shows a robust quasi-linear increase through time - a signal that has been interpreted in a number of conflicting ways. For example, changing δ18O has been hypothesized to reflect the product of cooling surface ocean temperatures, a signature of evolving seawater δ18O composition, or the product of later stage diagenesis (where measured δ18O reflects the composition of diagenetic fluids). We suggest this uncertainty can be resolved through the additional measurement and interpretation of the minor oxygen isotope 17O (noted as Δ'17O) in conjunction with δ18O. In this study, we present a suite of triple oxygen isotope data on stratigraphically constrained Precambrian chert (both peritidal chert nodules in carbonates and iron formation silica). These mineralogically well-defined data allow for the first stratigraphic tests of the fidelity of 17O in SiO2. We then apply a Monte Carlo resampling technique to test the features of the competing hypotheses noted above, here now including critical constraints from 17O. The most parsimonious interpretation of these data suggests that secondary alteration with higher-temperature, meteoric-derived groundwater has skewed an original geochemical signature. This treatment can allow for some change in the oxygen isotope composition of seawater itself, however this does not appear to be the most statistically defensible single solution - clearly, some combination of multiple mechanisms is always possible and even likely. What is definitively the case is an equitable, modern-like Archean surface ocean temperature. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/165117
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作者单位: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, OX13AN, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, United States; Department of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
Recommended Citation:
Liljestrand F.L.,Knoll A.H.,Tosca N.J.,et al. The triple oxygen isotope composition of Precambrian chert[J]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,2020-01-01,537