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Die Quantifizierung des marinen Sr-Haushaltes mittels radiogener (87Sr/86Sr) und stabiler (delta 86/88Sr) Sr-lsotopenverhältnisse

Subject Area Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
Term from 2009 to 2013
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 135044301
 
Final Report Year 2014

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Within this study the first Phanerozoic stable strontium (Sr) isotope seawater record (δ88/86Srsw) is reconstructed, which is sensitive to imbalances in the Sr input and output fluxes. In a consequent model approach, the radiogenic Sr isotope record (87Sr/86Sr)sw and δ88/86Srsw are used to constrain the marine Phanerozoic Sr budget. On long timescales (~200Myr periodicity), δ88/86Srsw and modelled Sr carbonate burial rates (F(Sr)carb) follow times of proposed „aragonite seas“ and „calcite seas“, implying that the dominant carbonate mineralogy has an important effect on Sr burial rates. On shorter timescales, minima and maxima in F(Sr)carb are partly correlated to ocean anoxia and glaciations and related sea-level low stands, implying the importance of continental carbonate shelf weathering to the marine Sr budget. In particular, enduring high carbonate burial rates for ~21Myr could be related to seawater anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinctions. Ultimately, insights from changes in δ88/86Srsw significantly improved our understanding of long-term changes in seawater chemistry and the relation of carbonate-related Sr fluxes to sea-level changes, mass extinctions, and global anoxia.

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