期刊
GEOSCIENCES
卷 12, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences12020088
关键词
DIC isotope mass balance; photosynthesis; microbialites; calcite; precipitation pathways; hydrothermal spring; Altiplano; ACC
资金
- Total EP R&D Carbonate Project (E. Poli)
- IPGPs multidisciplinary program PARI
- ParisIdF region SESAME Grant [12015908]
This study investigates the formation of modern carbonate microbialites in the hydrothermal system of Laguna Pastos Grandes in Bolivia, and discovers multiple modes of carbonate precipitation under different physicochemical conditions.
Interpreting the paleoecosystems of ancient microbialites relies on our understanding of how modern microbialites form in relation with the bio-physico-chemical conditions of their environment. In this study, we investigated the formation of modern carbonate microbialites in the hydrothermal system of La Salsa in Laguna Pastos Grandes (Bolivia), which spans a wide range of physicochemical conditions and associated microbial communities. By combining dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) isotope mass balance modeling, analysis of carbonates solubility diagram, and imaging of the microorganisms-mineral assemblages within microbial mats, we found that several modes of carbonate precipitation dominate in distinct portions of the hydrothermal system. (1) In high-[DIC] waters, undersaturated to slightly saturated with respect to calcite, cyanobacterial calcification is promoted by CO2 degassing and photosynthetic activity within the microbial mats. (2) In alkaline waters undergoing sustained evaporation, the precipitation of an amorphous calcium carbonate phase seems to control the water a(Ca2+)/a(CO32-) ratio and to serve as a precursor to micritic calcite formation in microbial mats. (3) In saline ephemeral ponds, where the carbonate precipitation is the highest, calcite precipitation probably occurs through a different pathway, leading to a different calcite texture, i.e., aggregates of rhombohedral crystals.
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