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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 109, 期 12, 页码 4371-4376出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115705109
关键词
Archaean; faint early sun; hydrogen escape; hydrosphere; serpentine
资金
- Danish National Research Foundation through the Nordic Center for Earth Evolution
- Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University
- Allan C. Cox Professorship
Oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions of Earth's seawater are controlled by volatile fluxes among mantle, lithospheric (oceanic and continental crust), and atmospheric reservoirs. Throughout geologic time the oxygen mass budget was likely conserved within these Earth system reservoirs, but hydrogen's was not, as it can escape to space. Isotopic properties of serpentine from the approximately 3.8 Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt in West Greenland are used to characterize hydrogen and oxygen isotope compositions of ancient seawater. Archaean oceans were depleted in deuterium [expressed as delta D relative to Vienna standard mean ocean water (VSMOW)] by at most 25 +/- 5 parts per thousand, but oxygen isotope ratios were comparable to modern oceans. Mass balance of the global hydrogen budget constrains the contribution of continental growth and planetary hydrogen loss to the secular evolution of hydrogen isotope ratios in Earth's oceans. Our calculations predict that the oceans of early Earth were up to 26% more voluminous, and atmospheric CH4 and CO2 concentrations determined from limits on hydrogen escape to space are consistent with clement conditions on Archaean Earth.
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