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    华北陆块中元古代增氧事件:来自铁岭组的地球化学证据

    Mesoproterozoic oxygenation events in North China Craton: geochemical evidence from the Tieling Formation

    • 摘要: 氧气的出现不仅改变了地球上海洋-大气的化学条件,而且推动了复杂生命的演化和发展。中元古代的地球表层系统曾长期处于低氧环境,但近年来的相关研究认为:整体处于低氧环境的中元古代,在1.44~1.43 Ga存在短暂的脉冲式增氧事件。华北克拉通中元古代铁岭组保存着该时期完整的沉积记录,是研究1.44~1.43 Ga海洋-大气氧化、还原环境的关键层位。多种地球化学指标分析结果表明:铁岭组沉积时经历了多次增氧过程,且这些增氧过程可能是逐步增强的,大气中的氧气含量最高可达现今水平的4%以上;陆源风化的加剧使黄铁矿被大量埋藏,这可能是导致铁岭组发生增氧事件的重要因素。这次显著的增氧过程在华北南部和西伯利亚同期的地层中也得到了验证,指示1.44~1.43 Ga的氧气含量升高属于跨盆地,甚至是全球性的增氧事件。

       

      Abstract: The emergence of oxygen (O2) on the earth facilitated the atmospheric-oceanic redox changes and complex biotic evolution. The surface ocean-atmosphere system has long been considered to be characterized by overall low atmospheric oxygen levels during the mid-Proterozoic, but may have been interrupted by transient oxygenation events at 1.44~1.43 Ga. The Mesoproterozoic Tieling Formation in the North China Craton is one of the best-preserved stratigraphic successions and recorded key information on 1.44~1.43 Ga oceanic-atmospheric redox condition. Multiple geochemical proxies suggest several pulses of oxygen increasing process during the deposition of the Tieling Formation. These oxygenation processes were probably gradually enhanced with the maximum O2 concentration higher than 4% of present atmospheric level. An intensified terrestrial weathering may have accelerated the burial process of pyrite, and eventually led to the oxygenated events during this period. Such an episode of significant oxygen increase was also discovered in synchronous deposited strata in the southern North China and Siberia, indicating that the recognized 1.44~1.43 Ga oxygen increase may represent a multi-basin or even a global oxygenation event.

       

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