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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40998-5
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- Czech Science Foundation [17-15700 S]
- Institute of Geology of the CAS [RVO67985831]
- Strategic Research Plan of the Czech Geological Survey (2016-2020)
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Molybdenum (Mo) and its isotopes have been used to retrieve palaeoenvironmental information on the ocean-atmosphere system through geological time. Their application has so far been restricted to rocks least affected by severe metamorphism and deformation, which may erase or alter palaeoenvironmental signals. Environmental Mo-isotope signatures can be retrieved if the more manganese (Mn)-enriched rocks are isotopically depleted and the maximum range of delta Mo-98 values is close to the similar to 2.7 parts per thousand Mo-isotope fractionation known from Mo sorption onto Mn oxides at low temperature. Here, we show that the Morro da Mina Mn-ore deposit in Minas Gerais, Brazil, contains Mn-silicate-carbonate ore and associated graphitic schist that likely preserve delta Mo-98 of Palaeoproterozoic seawater, despite a metamorphic overprint of at least 600 degrees C. The extent of Mo- isotope fractionation between the Mn-silicate-carbonate ore and the graphitic schist is similar to modern Mn-oxide precipitates and seawater. Differences in delta Mo-98 signals are broadly reflected in cerium (Ce) anomalies, which suggest an oxic-anoxic-stratified Palaeoproterozoic ocean.
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