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GEOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES LETTERS
卷 3, 期 2, 页码 230-236出版社
EUROPEAN ASSOC GEOCHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.1726
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- NERC [NE/I020571/2, NE/N018508/1]
- ERC [682760]
- Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada
- Total Endowment Fund
- European Research Council (ERC) [682760] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/N018508/1, NE/I020571/2] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/I020571/2, NE/N018508/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Chemical weathering of silicate rocks is a primary drawdown mechanism of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The processes that affect weathering are therefore central in controlling global climate. A temperature-controlled weathering thermostat has long been proposed in stabilising long-term climate, but without definitive evidence from the geologic record. Here we use lithium isotopes (delta Li-7) to assess the impact of silicate weathering across a significant climate-cooling period, the end-Ordovician Hirnantian glaciation (similar to 445 Ma). We find a positive delta Li-7 excursion, suggestive of a silicate weathering decline. Using a coupled lithium-carbon model, we show that initiation of the glaciation was likely caused by declining CO2 degassing, which triggered abrupt global cooling, and much lower weathering rates. This lower CO2 drawdown during the glaciation allowed climatic recovery and deglaciation. Combined, the data and model provide support from the geological record for the operation of the weathering thermostat.
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