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
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Coggon, Rosalind M.
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Teagle, Damon A.H.
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September 2011
Coggon, Rosalind M.
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Teagle, Damon A.H.
396539c5-acbe-4dfa-bb9b-94af878fe286
Coggon, Rosalind M. and Teagle, Damon A.H.
(2011)
Hydrothermal calcium-carbonate veins reveal past ocean chemistry.
Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 30 (8), .
(doi:10.1016/j.trac.2011.02.011).
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
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Ocean and Earth Science, Geochemistry
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/202777
ISSN: 0165-9936
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