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Hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins reveal past ocean chemistry

Hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins reveal past ocean chemistry
Hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins reveal past ocean chemistry
Records of past ocean chemistry provide an integrated history of fundamental Earth processes, including the evolution of its continents, climate, and life. Here, we describe a recent dramatic shift in appreciation of the value and the application of studies of ocean crustal hydrothermal processes, which can be used to both reconstruct records of past ocean chemistry and decipher the past changes to global conditions responsible for any variations in these records. In particular, we describe a recently developed method for the determination of past seawater cation ratios using hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins precipitated from seawater-derived fluids in the upper ocean crust.
calcium-carbonate, calcium-carbonate vein, carbon dioxide, climate, earth process, hydrothermal, ocean chemistry, ocean crust, seawater cation ratio, upper ocean crust
0165-9936
1252-1268
Coggon, Rosalind M.
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Teagle, Damon A.H.
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Coggon, Rosalind M.
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Teagle, Damon A.H.
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Coggon, Rosalind M. and Teagle, Damon A.H. (2011) Hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins reveal past ocean chemistry. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 30 (8), 1252-1268. (doi:10.1016/j.trac.2011.02.011).

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Abstract

Records of past ocean chemistry provide an integrated history of fundamental Earth processes, including the evolution of its continents, climate, and life. Here, we describe a recent dramatic shift in appreciation of the value and the application of studies of ocean crustal hydrothermal processes, which can be used to both reconstruct records of past ocean chemistry and decipher the past changes to global conditions responsible for any variations in these records. In particular, we describe a recently developed method for the determination of past seawater cation ratios using hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins precipitated from seawater-derived fluids in the upper ocean crust.

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Published date: September 2011
Keywords: calcium-carbonate, calcium-carbonate vein, carbon dioxide, climate, earth process, hydrothermal, ocean chemistry, ocean crust, seawater cation ratio, upper ocean crust
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science, Geochemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 202777
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/202777
ISSN: 0165-9936
PURE UUID: 32868c37-c621-489f-8837-7fd074713ead
ORCID for Rosalind M. Coggon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9228-9707
ORCID for Damon A.H. Teagle: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-8409

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Date deposited: 09 Nov 2011 10:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:45

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