KMS Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS
Constraining dolomitization by Mg isotopes: A case study from partially dolomitized limestones of the middle Cambrian Xuzhuang Formation, North China | |
Peng, Yang1,2; Shen, Bing1,2; Lang, Xian-Guo1,2; Huang, Kang-Jun1,2; Chen, Ji-Tao (陈吉涛)3; Yan, Zhen1,2; Tang, Wen-bo4; Ke, Shan5; Ma, Hao-Ran1,2; Li, Fang-Bing1,2 | |
2016-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS |
ISSN | 1525-2027 |
卷号 | 17期号:3页码:1109-1129 |
摘要 | The dolomite problem refers to the rare dolomite formation in modern oceans that is in sharp contrast to the widespread ancient dolostone in rock record, as well as failure of laboratory inorganic dolomite precipitation at near Earth-surface temperature. Novel Mg isotope systematics provides a promising tool in resolving the dolomite problem. Here, we develop a protocol to place constraints on the dolomitization process by using Mg isotopes. In this study, we measured Mg isotopic compositions ( 26Mg) of two batches of partially dolomitized limestone samples from the middle Cambrian Xuzhuang Formation in North China. 26Mg varies between -0.55 and -3.18, and shows a negative linear correlation with 1[Mg], suggesting that 26Mg can be described by a binary mixing between the calcite and dolomite components. Mg isotopic composition of the dolomite component ( 26Mgdol) for the lower sample set that is collected from a 4 m stratigraphic interval containing three high-frequency ribbon rock-packstone cycles is -1.6, while 26Mgdol for the upper sample set (from a thick sequence of ribbon rock) is significantly higher (-0.3). However, neither mineralogical and elemental compositions, carbon and oxygen isotopes, nor crystal morphologies of dolomite provides diagnostic criteria to differentiate these two batches of samples. 26Mgdol of the Xuzhuang limestone is simulated by the Advective Flow (AF) and the Diffusion-Advection-Reaction (DAR) models. The AF model assumes that Mg is transported by advective fluid flows, while the DAR model simulates a contemporaneous seawater dolomitization process, in which Mg is delivered by diffusion. The AF modeling result indicates that 26Mg of the dolomitization fluid is +0.4 parts per thousand and +1.7 parts per thousand for the lower and upper sample sets, respectively. These values are significantly higher than modern and Cenozoic seawater Mg isotopic composition, suggesting that the dolomitization fluid is not contemporaneous seawater. The AF model also predicts spatially heterogeneous 26Mgdol with progressive enrichment in Mg-26 along the fluid flow pathway. In the DAR model, both dolomite content and 26Mgdol of the lower sample set can be simulated by using seawater Mg isotopic composition of -0.75 parts per thousand, thus contemporaneous seawater dolomitization may explain 26Mgdol of the Xuzhuang limestone. Furthermore, the DAR model demonstrates spatially homogeneous 26Mgdol. To differentiate the AF and DAR models, samples from multiple sections are required. Nevertheless, this study implies that Mg isotope might be a useful tool in the study of dolomitization. |
关键词 | Dolomitization Mg Isotopes Advective Flow Model Dar Model |
DOI | 10.1002/2015GC006057 |
语种 | 英语 |
关键词[WOS] | Magnesium-isotope ; Microbial Mediation ; Marl Alternations ; Clay-minerals ; Seawater ; Fractionation ; Diagenesis ; Chemistry ; Precipitation ; Systematics |
资助项目 | Natural Science Foundation of China[41272017] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[41322021] |
WOS研究方向 | Geochemistry & Geophysics |
WOS类目 | Geochemistry & Geophysics |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000375144700026 |
项目资助者 | Natural Science Foundation of China |
出版者 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/12448 |
专题 | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 其他 |
通讯作者 | Shen, Bing |
作者单位 | 1.Peking Univ, MOE, Key Lab Orogen Belts & Crustal Evolut, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Key Lab Econ Stratig & Palaeogeog, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Arizona State Univ, Sch Math & Stat Sci, Tempe, AZ USA 5.China Univ Geosci, State Key Lab Geol Proc & Mineral Resources, Beijing, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Peng, Yang,Shen, Bing,Lang, Xian-Guo,et al. Constraining dolomitization by Mg isotopes: A case study from partially dolomitized limestones of the middle Cambrian Xuzhuang Formation, North China[J]. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS,2016,17(3):1109-1129. |
APA | Peng, Yang.,Shen, Bing.,Lang, Xian-Guo.,Huang, Kang-Jun.,Chen, Ji-Tao .,...&Li, Fang-Bing.(2016).Constraining dolomitization by Mg isotopes: A case study from partially dolomitized limestones of the middle Cambrian Xuzhuang Formation, North China.GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS,17(3),1109-1129. |
MLA | Peng, Yang,et al."Constraining dolomitization by Mg isotopes: A case study from partially dolomitized limestones of the middle Cambrian Xuzhuang Formation, North China".GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS 17.3(2016):1109-1129. |
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