A carbon isotope challenge to the snowball Earth

Nature

Volumn 478, Issue 7367, 2011, Pages 93-96

  Sansjofre, P ^a,b   Ader, M ^a   Trindade, R I F ^b   Elie, M ^c,f   Lyons, J ^d   Cartigny, P ^a   Nogueira, A C R ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^f Sarawak Shell Berhad Locked Bag No 1 ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID;

ALBEDO; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; EARLY EARTH; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE COVER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAZIL; GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNOWBALL SAMPLE;

EID: 80053897261     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10499     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Hoffman, P. F. & Schrag, D. P. The snowball Earth hypothesis: testing the limits of global change. Terra Nova 14, 129-155 (2002). (Pubitemid 34696275)
2. Kasemann, S. A., Hawkesworth, J. C., Prave, A. R., Fallick, A. E.&Pearson, P. N.Boron and calcium isotope composition in Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks from Namibia: evidence for extreme environmental change. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 231, 73-86 (2005). (Pubitemid 40262958)
3. Bao, H., Lyons, J. R. & Zhou, C. Triple oxygen isotope evidence for elevated CO2 levels after a Neoproterozoic glaciation. Nature 453, 504-506 (2008). (Pubitemid 351733322)
4. Shen, B. et al. Stratification and mixing of a post-glacial Neoproterozoic ocean: Evidence from carbon and sulfur isotopes in a cap dolostone from northwest China. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 265, 209-228 (2008). (Pubitemid 350227245)
5. McFadden, K. A. et al. Pulsed oxidation and biological evolution in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 105, 3197-3202 (2007).
6. Jiang, G. et al. Organic carbon isotope constraints on the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) reservoir at the Cryogenian-Ediacaran transition. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 299, 159-168 (2010).
7. Guo, Q. et al. Carbon isotopic evolution of the terminal Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian: Evidence from the Yangtze Platform, South China. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 254, 140-157 (2007). (Pubitemid 47418096)
8. 13C. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 288, 213-227 (2009).
9. Hayes, J. M., Strauss, H. & Kaufman, A. J. The abundance of 13C inmarine organic matter and isotopic fractionation in the global biogeochemical cycle of carbon during the past 800 Ma. Chem. Geol. 161, 103-125 (1999). (Pubitemid 30130526)
10. Kaufman, A. J. & Xiao, S. High CO2 levels in the Proterozoic atmosphere estimated from analyses of individual microfossils. Nature 425, 279-282 (2003). (Pubitemid 37158400)
11. Young, S. A., Saltzman, M. R., Bergström, S. M., Leslie, S. A. & Xu, C. Paired d13Ccarb and d13Corg records of Upper Ordovician (Sandbian-Katian) carbonates in North America and China: Implications for paleoceanographic change. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 270, 166-178 (2008).
12. Riccardi, A., Kump, L. R., Arthur, M. A. & D'Hondt, S. Carbon isotopic evidence for chemocline upward excursions during the end-Permian event. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 248, 73-81 (2007). (Pubitemid 46574754)
13. de Alvarenga, C. J.S.,Santos, R. V.&Dantas, E. L. C-O-Sr isotopic stratigraphy of cap carbonates overlyingMarinoan-age glacial diamictites in the Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Precambr. Res. 131, 1-21 (2004). (Pubitemid 38460959)
14. Corsetti, F. A. & Kaufman, A. J. Stratigraphic investigations of carbon isotope anomalies and Neoproterozoic ice ages in Death Valley, California. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 115, 916-932 (2003). (Pubitemid 37106216)
15. Kaufman, A. J., Hayes, J. M., Knoll, A. H. & Germs, G. J. B. Isotopic compositions of carbonates and organic carbon from upper Proterozoic successions in Namibia: stratigraphic variation and the effect of diagenesis andmetamorphism. Precambr. Res. 49, 301-327 (1991).
16. Narbonne, G. M., Kaufman, A. J. & Knoll, A. H. Integrated chemostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Windermere Supergroup, northwestern Canada: Implications for Neoproterozoic correlations and the early evolution of animals. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 106, 1281-1292 (1994).
17. Knauth, L. P. & Kennedy, M. J. The late Precambrian greening of the Earth. Nature 460, 728-732 (2009).
18. Bristow, T. F. & Kennedy, M. Carbon isotope excursions and the oxidant budget of the Ediacaran atmosphere and ocean. Geol. Soc. Am. 36, 863-866 (2008).
19. Font, E., Trindade, R. I. F. & Nédélec, A. Detrital remanent magnetization in haematite-bearing Neoproterozoic Puga cap dolostone, Amazon craton: a rock magnetic and SEM study. Geophys. J. Int. 163, 491-500 (2005). (Pubitemid 43922791)
20. Crafts-Brandner, S. J. & Salvucci, M. E. Rubisco activase constrains the photosynthetic potential of leaves at high temperature and CO2. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 97, 13430-13435 (2000).
21. Huber, R., Huber, H. & Stetter, K. O. Towards the ecology of hyperthermophiles: biotopes, new isolation strategies and novel metabolic properties. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 24, 615-623 (2000).
22. Corsetti, F. A., Olcott, A. N. & Bakermans, C. The biotic response to Neoproterozoic snowball Earth. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 232, 114-130 (2006). (Pubitemid 43372055)
23. Elie, M., Nogueira, A. C. R., Nédélec, A., Trindade, R. I. F.&Kenig, F. A red algal bloom in the aftermath of the Marinoan snowball Earth. Terra Nova 19, 303-308 (2007). (Pubitemid 47434161)
24. Goericke, R.&Fry, B. Variations ofmarineplankton d13Cwith latitude, temperature, and dissolved CO2 in the world ocean. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 8, 85-90 (1994). (Pubitemid 24402985)
25. Rost, B., Riebesell, U., Burkhardt, S. & Sü ltemeyer, D. Carbon acquisition of bloomforming marine phytoplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48, 55-67 (2003). (Pubitemid 36144739)
26. Werne, J. P. & Hollander, D. J. Balancing supply and demand: controls on carbon isotope fractionation in the Cariaco Basin (Venezuela) Younger Dryas to present. Mar. Chem. 92, 275-293 (2004). (Pubitemid 39569001)
27. Popp, B. N. et al. Effect of phytoplankton cell geometry on carbon isotopic fractionation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62, 69-77 (1998).
28. Finkel, Z. V. et al. Phytoplankton in a changing world: cell size and elemental stoichiometry. J. Plankton Res. 32, 119-137 (2010).
29. Balci, N., Shanks, W. C., Mayer, B. & Mandernack, K. W. Oxygen and sulfur isotope systematics of sulfate produced by bacterial and abiotic oxidation of pyrite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 71, 3796-3811 (2007). (Pubitemid 47065181)
30. Rye, R. & Holland, H. D. Paleosols and the evolution of atmospheric oxygen: A critical review. Am. J. Sci. 298, 621-672 (1998). (Pubitemid 128395620)
31. Li, C. et al. A stratified redox model for the Ediacaran ocean. Science 328, 80-83 (2010).
32. Zeebe, R. E. & Wolf-Gladrow, D. CO2 in Seawater: Equilibrium, Kinetics, Isotopes (Elsevier Oceanography Series 65, (2001).
33. Sheppard, S. & Schwarcz, H. Fractionation of carbon and oxygen isotopes and magnesium between coexisting metamorphic calcite and dolomite. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 26, 161-198 (1970).
34. Mook, W. G., Bommerson, C. J. & Staberman, W. H. Carbon isotope fractionation between dissolved bicarbonate and gaseous carbon dioxide. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 22, 169-176 (1974).
35. Royer, D. L., Berner, R. A. & Beerling, D. J. Phanerozoic atmospheric CO2 change: evaluating geochemical and paleobiological approaches. Earth Sci. Rev. 54, 349-392 (2001). (Pubitemid 32818744)
36. Laws, E. A., Popp, B. N., Bidigare, R. R., Kennicutt, M. C. & Macko, S. A. Dependence of phytoplankton carbon isotopic composition on growth rate and [CO2]aq: Theoretical considerations and experimental results. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 1131-1138 (1995).
37. Pancost, R. D., Freeman, K. H. & Wakeham, S. G. Controls on the carbon-isotope compositions of compounds in Peru surface waters. Org. Geochem. 30, 319-340 (1999). (Pubitemid 29245470)
38. Weiss, R. F. Carbon dioxide in water and seawater: the solubility of a non-ideal gas. Mar. Chem. 2, 203-215 (1974).
39. Béhar, F., Beaumont, V., De, H. L. & Penteado, B. Rock-Eval 6 technology: performances and developments. Rev. Inst. Fr. Pet. 56, 111-134 (2001). (Pubitemid 32501345)