Susceptibility, δ¹³C and Iron of Site 171-1051
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| author | Norris, Richard D Röhl, Ursula |
| author_facet | Norris, Richard D Röhl, Ursula |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | Current models of the global carbon cycle lack natural mechanisms to explain known large, transient shifts in past records of the stable carbon-isotope ratio (delta13C) of carbon reservoirs. The injection into the atmosphere of ~1,200-2,000 gigatons of carbon, as methane from the decomposition of sedimentary methane hydrates, has been proposed to explain a delta13C anomaly associated with high-latitude warming and changes in marine and terrestrial biota near the Palaeocene-Eocene boundary, about 55 million years ago. These events may thus be considered as a natural 'experiment' on the effects of transient greenhouse warming. Here we use physical, chemical and spectral analyses of a sediment core from the western North Atlantic Ocean to show that two-thirds of the carbon-isotope anomaly occurred within no more than a few thousand years, indicating that carbon was catastrophically released into the ocean and atmosphere. Both the delta13C anomaly and biotic changes began between 54.93 and 54.98 million years ago, and are synchronous in oceans and on land. The longevity of the delta13C anomaly suggests that the residence time of carbon in the Palaeocene global carbon cycle was ~120 thousand years, which is similar to the modelled response after a massive input of methane. Our results suggest that large natural perturbations to the global carbon cycle have occurred in the past-probably by abrupt failure of sedimentary carbon reservoirs-at rates that are similar to those induced today by human activity. |
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| publishDate | 1999 |
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| spellingShingle | Susceptibility, δ¹³C and Iron of Site 171-1051 Norris, Richard D Röhl, Ursula 171-1051; Blake Nose, North Atlantic Ocean; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Depth, composite; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Intercore correlation; Iron; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Joides Resolution; Leg171B; Magnetic susceptibility, volume; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Susceptibility, Multi Sensor Track, Joides Resolution; X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF); XRF core scanner; δ13C, carbonate Current models of the global carbon cycle lack natural mechanisms to explain known large, transient shifts in past records of the stable carbon-isotope ratio (delta13C) of carbon reservoirs. The injection into the atmosphere of ~1,200-2,000 gigatons of carbon, as methane from the decomposition of sedimentary methane hydrates, has been proposed to explain a delta13C anomaly associated with high-latitude warming and changes in marine and terrestrial biota near the Palaeocene-Eocene boundary, about 55 million years ago. These events may thus be considered as a natural 'experiment' on the effects of transient greenhouse warming. Here we use physical, chemical and spectral analyses of a sediment core from the western North Atlantic Ocean to show that two-thirds of the carbon-isotope anomaly occurred within no more than a few thousand years, indicating that carbon was catastrophically released into the ocean and atmosphere. Both the delta13C anomaly and biotic changes began between 54.93 and 54.98 million years ago, and are synchronous in oceans and on land. The longevity of the delta13C anomaly suggests that the residence time of carbon in the Palaeocene global carbon cycle was ~120 thousand years, which is similar to the modelled response after a massive input of methane. Our results suggest that large natural perturbations to the global carbon cycle have occurred in the past-probably by abrupt failure of sedimentary carbon reservoirs-at rates that are similar to those induced today by human activity. |
| title | Susceptibility, δ¹³C and Iron of Site 171-1051 |
| topic | 171-1051; Blake Nose, North Atlantic Ocean; COMPCORE; Composite Core; Depth, composite; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Intercore correlation; Iron; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Joides Resolution; Leg171B; Magnetic susceptibility, volume; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; Sample code/label; Susceptibility, Multi Sensor Track, Joides Resolution; X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF); XRF core scanner; δ13C, carbonate |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56149 |