Recycling of graphite during Himalayan erosion: A geological stabilization of carbon in the crust

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5903, 2008, Pages 943-945

  Galy, Valier ^a,b   Beyssac, Olivier ^c   France Lanord, Christian ^b   Eglinton, Timothy ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GRAPHITE; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICATE;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL EROSION; CRUST; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAMORPHISM; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECYCLING; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 55849087985     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1161408     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. R. A. Berner, Science 249, 1382 (1990).
2. J. M. Hayes, J. R. Waldbauer, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London B Biol. Sci. 361, 931 (2006).
3. R. M. Garrels, A. Lerman, F. T. Mackenzie, Am. Sci. 64, 306 (1976).
4. A. C. Lasaga, R. A. Berner, R. M. Garrels, in The Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric CO2: Natural Variations Archean to Present, E. T. Sundquist, W. S. Broecker, Eds. (American Geophysical Union, Washington, 1985), vol. 32, pp. 397-411.
5. D. J. Burdige, Global Biogeochem. Cycles 19, GB4011 (2005).
6. J. I. Hedges, R. G. Keil, R. Benner, Org. Geochem. 27, 195 (1997).
7. B. Schlünz, R. R. Schneider, Int. J. Earth Sci. 88, 599 (2000).
8. N. E. Blair et al., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 63 (2003).
9. W. M. Sackett, C. W. Poag, B. J. Eadie, Science 185, 1045 (1974).
10. N. E. Blair, E. L. Leithold, R. C. Aller, Mar. Chem. 92, 141 (2004).
11. A. F. Dickens, Y. Gélinas, C. A. Masiello, S. Wakeham, J. I. Hedges, Nature 427, 336 (2004).
12. A. Galy, C. France-Lanord, Geology 29, 23 (2001).
13. V. Galy et al., Nature 450, 407 (2007).
14. Y. Gelinas, K. M. Prentice, J. A. Baldock, J. I. Hedges, Environ. Sci. Technol. 35, 3519 (2001).
15. P. R. Haberstroh et al., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70, 1483 (2006).
16. C. A. Masiello, Mar. Chem. 92, 201 (2004).
17. Materials and methods are available as supporting material on Science Online.
18. V. Galy, C. France-Lanord, B. Lartiges, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72, 1767 (2008).
19. V. Ittekkot, H. R. Kudrass, D. Quadfasel, D. Unger, Deep Sea Res. Part II Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 50, 853 (2003).
20. O. Beyssac, L. Bollinger, J.-P. Avouac, B. Goffe, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 225, 233 (2004).
21. V. Galy et al., Quat. Sci. Rev. 27, 1396 (2008).
22. A.-M. Aucour, C. France-Lanord, K. Pedoja, A.-C. Pierson-Wickmann, S. M. F. Sheppard, Global Biogeochem. Cycles 20, GB2006 (2006).
23. C. France-Lanord, L. A. Derry, Nature 390, 65 (1997).
24. A. Galy, C. France-Lanord, Chem. Geol. 159, 31 (1999).
25. We thank H. Kudrass, who provided Bengal Fan samples collected during the RV Sonne cruise; M. Rahman from Dhaka University; A. Gajurel from Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu) for their help during field work in Bangladesh and Nepal; and A. Galy for insightful comments, as well as J. Hayes and an anonymous referee for constructive reviews. This study was supported by the French INSU program "Reliefs de la Terre" and a scholarship from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to V.G.