期刊
CHEMICAL GEOLOGY
卷 351, 期 -, 页码 276-280出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.024
关键词
Coral skeletons; Nitrogen isotopes; Pliocene; Stepwise heating methods
资金
- JSPS
- Joint Research Centre in the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
- JSPS KAKENHI Grant [24310001]
To assess the preservation of the nitrogen isotope composition in reef corals, nitrogen isotopes in a well-preserved Pliocene fossil coral (located in the Tartaro formation on Luzon Island, Philippines (14 degrees N, 121 degrees E)) and in a modern coral (Kochi, Japan (32 degrees N, 132 degrees E)) were analysed using stepwise heating methods. The thermal decomposition of aragonite triggered the largest release of nitrogen at 700 degrees C for the modern coral and 550 degrees C for the Pliocene coral. The highest rate of nitrogen gas emission occurred at the aragonite collapse temperature, indicating that organic nitrogen was bound within the intra-crystals of coralline aragonites in both corals. After the aragonite collapsed in both corals, the nitrogen isotope ratios increased due to fractionation and then decreased to values similar to those observed in bulk samples of the modern (+10.1%) and Pliocene (+4.4%) corals. These results suggested that fresh organic nitrogen was released due to the decomposition of the internal skeletal structure at higher temperatures (900-1000 degrees C). Nitrogen isotopes in coral skeletons were preserved in intra-crystal aragonite, even in a Pliocene fossil, and stepwise heating methods were shown to be useful for determining the preservation of coralline nitrogen isotopes. (c) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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