Sr isotope composition of sea water over the past 75 Myr

Nature ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 314 (6011) ◽  
pp. 526-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Palmer ◽  
H. Elderfield
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Sr Isotope ◽  
The Past

scholarly journals Absolute seasonal temperature estimates from clumped isotopes in bivalve shells suggest warm and variable greenhouse climate

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels J. de Winter ◽  
Inigo A. Müller ◽  
Ilja J. Kocken ◽  
Nicolas Thibault ◽  
Clemens V. Ullmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Seasonal Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Temperature Reconstructions ◽  
Bivalve Shells

AbstractSeasonal variability in sea surface temperatures plays a fundamental role in climate dynamics and species distribution. Seasonal bias can also severely compromise the accuracy of mean annual temperature reconstructions. It is therefore essential to better understand seasonal variability in climates of the past. Many reconstructions of climate in deep time neglect this issue and rely on controversial assumptions, such as estimates of sea water oxygen isotope composition. Here we present absolute seasonal temperature reconstructions based on clumped isotope measurements in bivalve shells which, critically, do not rely on these assumptions. We reconstruct highly precise monthly sea surface temperatures at around 50 °N latitude from individual oyster and rudist shells of the Campanian greenhouse period about 78 million years ago, when the seasonal range at 50 °N comprised 15 to 27 °C. In agreement with fully coupled climate model simulations, we find that greenhouse climates outside the tropics were warmer and more seasonal than previously thought. We conclude that seasonal bias and assumptions about seawater composition can distort temperature reconstructions and our understanding of past greenhouse climates.

Nd, Pb, and Sr isotope composition of juvenile magmatism in the Mesozoic large magmatic province of northern Chile (18–27°S): indications for a uniform subarc mantle

2006 ◽  
Vol 152 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Lucassen ◽  
Wolfgang Kramer ◽  
Viola Bartsch ◽  
Hans-Gerhard Wilke ◽  
Gerhard Franz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Sr Isotope

Epithermal Fluorite Deposits in Transbaikalia (Geochemical Features, Sources of Matter and Fluids, and Genesis)

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-426
Author(s):  
E.I. Lastochkin ◽  
G.S. Ripp ◽  
D.S. Tsydenova ◽  
V.F. Posokhov ◽  
A.E. Murzintseva
Keyword(s):  
Meteoric Water ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Thermal Waters ◽  
Sr Isotope ◽  
Light Isotope ◽  
Geochemical Parameters ◽  
Nd Systems ◽  
Deep Source ◽  
The Impact

Abstract —We consider the isotope-geochemical features of epithermal fluorite deposits in Transbaikalia, including the REE compositions, Sr isotope ratios, Sm–Nd systems, and isotope compositions of oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur. The 87Sr/86Sr ratios in fluorites are within 0.706–0.708, and the εNd values are negative. Oxygen in quartz, the main mineral of the deposits, has a light isotope composition (δ18O = –3.4 to +2.6‰), and the calculated isotope composition of oxygen in the fluid in equilibrium with quartz (δ18O = –9 to –16‰) indicates the presence of meteoric water. The latter is confirmed by analysis of the isotope compositions of oxygen and hydrogen in gas–liquid inclusions in fluorites from three deposits. These isotope compositions are due to recycling caused by the impact of shallow basic plutons. The isotope composition of sulfur indicates its deep source. During ascent, sulfur became enriched in its light isotope (δ34S = –1.8 to –7.7‰). We assess the association of fluorite ores with basaltoids widespread in the study area. The isotope and geochemical parameters suggest their spatial proximity. Probably, the basaltoids were responsible for the recycling of meteoric water. It is shown that the epithermal fluorite deposits formed by the same mechanism as fissure–vein thermal waters in western Transbaikalia.

scholarly journals Quantifying sea surface temperature ranges of the Arabian Sea for the past 20 000 years

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1337-1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Ganssen ◽  
F. J. C. Peeters ◽  
B. Metcalfe ◽  
P. Anand ◽  
S. J. A. Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Seasonal Temperature ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
The Past ◽  
Temperature Ranges

Abstract. The oxygen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera tests is one of the widest used geochemical tools to reconstruct past changes of physical parameters of the upper ocean. It is common practice to analyze multiple individuals from a mono-specific population and assume that the outcome reflects a mean value of the environmental conditions during calcification of the analyzed individuals. Here we present the oxygen isotope composition of individual specimens of the surface-dwelling species Globigerinoides ruber and Globigerina bulloides from sediment cores in the Western Arabian Sea off Somalia, inferred as indicators of past seasonal ranges in temperature. Combining the δ18O measurements of individual specimens to obtain temperature ranges with Mg/Ca based mean calcification temperatures allows us to reconstruct temperature extrema. Our results indicate that over the past 20 kyr the seasonal temperature range has fluctuated from its present value of 16 °C to mean values of 13 °C and 11 °C for the Holocene and LGM, respectively. The data for the LGM suggest that the maximum temperature was lower, whilst minimum temperature remained approximately constant. The rather minor variability in lowest summer temperatures during the LGM suggests roughly constant summer monsoon intensity, while upwelling-induced productivity was lowered.

The Solubility of Carbonate of Lime in Fresh and Sea Water

1890 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 319-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. S. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marine Station ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Past Winter

At Dr Murray's request, I have during the past winter continued the investigation of Messrs Irvine and Young on the solubility of carbonate of lime in its different forms in sea water (the results of which they submitted to this Society in May 1888); and the following notes of the work done and the results obtained by me, under Mr Irvine's guidance, in the laboratory of the Marine Station, Granton, may be of interest.

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