Efficient transport of fossil organic carbon to the ocean by steep mountain rivers: An orogenic carbon sequestration mechanism

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-74

  Hilton, Robert G ^a,b   Galy, Albert ^c   Hovius, Niels ^c   Horng, Ming Jame ^d   Chen, Hongey ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EROSION RATES; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; HILLSLOPES; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MASS WASTING; MATERIAL RELEASE; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RE-ACCUMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EROSION; LANDFORMS; OXIDATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WEATHERING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISCHARGE; EROSION RATE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HILLSLOPE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78751520277     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31352.1     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Berner, R.A., 1982, Burial of organic-carbon and pyrite sulfur in the modern ocean - its geochemical and environmental significance: American Journal of Science, v. 282, p. 451-473.
2. Berner, R.A., and Canfield, D.E., 1989, A new model for atmospheric oxygen over Phanerzoic time: American Journal of Science, v. 289, p. 333-361.
3. Beyssac, O., Simoes, M., Avouac, J.P., Farley, K.A., Chen, Y.-G., Chan, Y.-C., and Goffe, B., 2007, Late Cenozoic metamorphic evolution and exhumation of Taiwan: Tectonics, v. 26, p. TC6001, doi:10.1029/2006TC002064.
4. Blair, N.E., Leithold, E.L., Ford, S.T., Peeler, K.A., Holmes, J.C., and Perkey, D.W., 2003, The persistence of memory: The fate of ancient sedimentary organic carbon in a modern sedimentary system: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 67, p. 63-73, doi:10.1016/S0016 -7037(02)01043-8.
5. 2: II. Theoretical modelling: American Journal of Science, v. 306, p. 575-615, doi:10.2475/08.2006.01.
6. 2: Geology, v. 38, p. 255-258, doi:10.1130/G30608.1.
7. Canfield, D.E., 1994, Factors influencing organic-carbon preservation in marine sediments: Chemical Geology, v. 114, p. 315-329, doi:10.1016/ 0009-2541(94)90061-2.
8. Dadson, S.J., Hovius, N., Chen, H., Dade, W.B., Hsieh, M.-L., Willett, S.D., Hu, J.-C., Horng, M.-J., Chen, M.-C., Stark, C.P., Lague, D., and Lin, J.-C., 2003, Links between erosion, runoff variability and seismicity in the Taiwan orogen: Nature, v. 426, p. 648-651, doi:10.1038/nature02150.
9. Dadson, S.J., Hovius, N., Pegg, S., Dade, W.B., Horng, M.-J., and Chen, H., 2005, Hyperpycnal river flows from an active mountain belt: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, p. F04016, doi:10.1029/2004JF000244.
10. Derry, L.A., and France-Lanord, C., 1996, Neogene growth of the sedimentary organic carbon reservoir: Paleoceanography, v. 11, p. 267-275, doi:10.1029/95PA03839.
11. Dickens, A.F., Gélinas, Y., Masiello, C.A., Wakeham, S., and Hedges, J.I., 2004, Reburial of fossil organic carbon in marine sediments: Nature, v. 427, p. 336-339, doi:10.1038/nature02299.
12. Galy, A., and France-Lanord, C., 2001, Higher erosion rates in the Himalaya: Geochemical constraints on riverine fluxes: Geology, v. 29, p. 23-26, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0023:HER ITH>2.0.CO;2.
13. Galy, V., Beyssac, O., France-Lanord, C., and Eglinton, T.I., 2008a, Recycling of graphite during Himalayan erosion: A geological stabilization of carbon in the crust: Science, v. 322, p. 943-945, doi:10.1126/science.1161408.
14. Galy, V., France-Lanord, C., and Lartiges, B., 2008b, Loading and fate of particulate organic carbon from the Himalaya to the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, p. 1767-1787, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.01.027.
15. 13C in marine organic matter and isotopic fractionation in the global biogeochemical cycle of carbon during the past 800 Ma: Chemical Geology, v. 161, p. 103-125, doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00083-2.
16. Hedges, J.I., and Keil, R.G., 1995, Sedimentary organic matter preservation: an assessment and speculative synthesis: Marine Chemistry, v. 49, p. 81-115, doi:10.1016/0304-4203(95)00008-F.
17. Hilton, R.G., Galy, A., and Hovius, N., 2008a, Riverine particulate organic carbon from an active mountain belt: The importance of land-slides: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 22, p. GB1017, doi:10.1029/2006GB002905.
18. Hilton, R.G., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Chen, M.-C., Horng, M.-J., and Chen, H., 2008b, Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains: Nature Geoscience, v. 1, p. 759-762, doi:10.1038/ngeo333.
19. Hilton, R.G., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Horng, M.-J., and Chen, H., 2010, The isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in mountain rivers of Taiwan: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 74, p. 3164-3181, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.004.
20. Ho, C.S., 1986, An Introduction to the Geology of Taiwan: Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Taiwan: Central Geological Survey, Ministry of Economic Affairs Taipei, Taiwan.
21. Kao, S.-J., and Liu, K.-K., 1996, Particulate organic carbon export from a subtropical mountainous river (Lanyang Hsi) in Taiwan: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 41, p. 1749-1757, doi:10.4319/lo.1996.41.8.1749.
22. Kao, S.-J., Dai, M.H., Wei, K.-Y., Blair, N.E., and Lyons, W.B., 2008, Enhanced supply of fossil organic carbon to the Okinawa Trough since the last deglaciation: Paleoceanography, v. 23, p. PA2207, doi:10.1029/2007PA001440.
23. Lasaga, A.C., and Ohmoto, H., 2002, The oxygen geochemical cycle: Dynamics and stability: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 66, p. 361-381, doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00685-8.
24. Leithold, E.L., Bair, N.E., and Perkey, D.W., 2006, Geomorphic controls on the age of particulate organic carbon from small mountainous and upland rivers: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 20, p. GB3022, doi:10.1029/2005GB002677.
25. Lyons, W.B., Nezat, C.A., Carey, A.E., and Hicks, D.M., 2002, Organic carbon fluxes to the ocean from high-standing islands: Geology, v. 30, p. 443-446, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0443:OCFTTO>2.0.CO;2.
26. Milliman, J.D., and Syvitski, J.P.M., 1992, Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean: The importance of small mountainous rivers: The Journal of Geology, v. 100, p. 525-544, doi:10.1086/629606.
27. Petsch, S.T., Berner, R.A., and Eglinton, T.I., 2000, A field study of the chemical weathering of ancient sedimentary organic matter: Organic Geochemistry, v. 31, p. 475-487, doi:10.1016/ S0146-6380(00)00014-0.
28. Schlünz, B., and Schneider, R.R., 2000, Transport of terrestrial organic carbon to the oceans by rivers: Re-estimating flux and burial rates: International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 88, p. 599-606, doi:10.1007/s005310050290.
29. Stallard, R.F., 1998, Terrestrial sedimentation and the carbon cycle: Coupling weathering and erosion to carbon burial: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 12, p. 231-257, doi:10.1029/98GB00741.
30. Sundquist, E.T., and Visser, K., 2004, The geologic history of the carbon cycle, in Schlesinger, W.H., ed., Treatise on Geochemistry, Volume 8, Biogeochemistry: Oxford, UK, Elsevier-Pergamon, p. 425-472.
31. Teng, L.S., 1990, Geotectonic evolution of late Cenozoic arc-continent collision in Taiwan: Tectonophysics, v. 183, p. 57-76, doi:10.1016/0040 -1951(90)90188-E.