The geologic history of seawater oxygen isotopes from marine iron oxides
Galili, N.; Shemesh, A.; Yam, R.; Brailovsky, I.; Sela-Adler, M.; Schuster, E.M.; Collom, C.; Bekker, A.; Planavsky, N.J.; Macdonald, F.A.; Préat, A.; Rudmin, M.; Trela, W.; Sturesson, U.; Heikoop, J.M.; Aurell, M.; Ramajo, J.; Halevy, I. (2019). The geologic history of seawater oxygen isotopes from marine iron oxides. Science (Wash.) 365(6452): 469-473. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw9247
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Galili, N.
- Shemesh, A.
- Yam, R.
- Brailovsky, I.
- Sela-Adler, M.
- Schuster, E.M.
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- Collom, C.
- Bekker, A.
- Planavsky, N.J.
- Macdonald, F.A.
- Préat, A., more
- Rudmin, M.
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- Trela, W.
- Sturesson, U.
- Heikoop, J.M.
- Aurell, M.
- Ramajo, J.
- Halevy, I.
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| Abstract |
The oxygen isotope composition (d18O) of marine sedimentary rocks has increased by 10 to 15 per mil since Archean time. Interpretation of this trend is hindered by the dual control of temperature and fluid d18O on the rocks’ isotopic composition. A new d18O record in marine iron oxides covering the past ~2000 million years shows a similar secular rise. Iron oxide precipitation experiments reveal a weakly temperaturedependent iron oxide–water oxygen isotope fractionation, suggesting that increasing seawater d18O over time was the primary cause of the long-term rise in d18O values of marine precipitates. The 18O enrichment may have been driven by an increase in terrestrial sediment cover, a change in the proportion of high- and low-temperature crustal alteration, or a combination of these and other factors. |
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