Depth variation of carbon and oxygen isotopes of calcites in Archean altered upperoceanic crust: Implications for the CO 2 flux from ocean to oceanic crust in the Archean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 321-322, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-73

  Shibuya, Takazo ^a   Tahata, Miyuki ^b   Kitajima, Kouki ^c   Ueno, Yuichiro ^b   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^d   Yamamoto, Shinji ^b   Igisu, Motoko ^d   Terabayashi, Masaru ^e   Sawaki, Yusuke ^b   Takai, Ken ^a   Yoshida, Naohiro ^b   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean; Carbon and oxygen isotopes; CO 2 flux; Hydrothermal carbonation; Oceanic crust; Seawater composition

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON SOURCE; DEPTH VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS MINERAL; IRON FORMATION; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MODEL RECONSTRUCTING; OCEANIC CRUST; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PILBARA; SEA FLOOR; SPREADING RATE; SUB-SEAFLOOR; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CALCITE; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; GREENSTONE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEAFLOOR; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863404141     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.034     Document Type: Article

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