A record of aerobic methane oxidation in tropical Africa over the last 2.5 Ma
A record of aerobic methane oxidation in tropical Africa over the last 2.5 Ma
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过去2.5 Ma热带非洲有氧甲烷氧化的记录
DOI:
10.1016/j.gca.2017.08.042
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Spencer-Jones C
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作者:
Spencer-Jones C
Methane and CO2are climatically active greenhouse gases (GHG) and are powerful drivers of rapid global warming. Comparable to the Arctic, the tropics store large volumes of labile sedimentary carbon that is vulnerable to climate change. However, little is known about this labile carbon reservoir, in particular the behaviour of high methane–producing environments (e.g. wetlands), and their role in driving or responding to past periods of global climate change. In this study, we use a microbial biomarker approach that traces continental aerobic methane oxidation (AMO) from sedimentary organic matter in deep-sea fan sediments off the Congo River to reconstruct the link between central African methane cycling and continental export during key periods of global Pleistocene warmth. We use 35-amino bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs), specifically aminobacteriohopane-31,32,33,34-tetrol (aminotetrol) and 35-aminobacteriohopane-30,31,32,33,34-pentol (aminopentol) as diagnostic molecular markers for AMO (CH4oxidation markers) and the prevalence of continental wetland environments. BHPs were analysed in sediments from the Congo fan (ODP 1075) dated to 2.5 Ma. High resolution studies of key warm marine isotope stages (MIS) 5, 11 and 13 are included to test the relationship between CH4oxidation markers in sediments at different levels of elevated global atmospheric GHG.This study presents the oldest reported occurrence, to date, of 35-amino BHPs up to 200 m below sea floor (∼2.5 Ma) with no strong degradation signature observed. Low concentrations of CH4oxidation markers identified between 1.7 Ma and 1 Ma suggest a reduction in wetland extent in tropical Africa in response to more arid environmental conditions. Correlation of high resolution CH4oxidation marker signatures with global atmospheric GHG concentrations during MIS 5, 11 and 13 further emphasize periods of enhanced tropical C cycling. However, subsequent analysis would be required to further extrapolate the relative importance of tropical methane sources as a driver of global methane concentrations during the Pleistocene.
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影响因子:
64.8
作者:
Luethi, Dieter;Le Floch, Martine;Stocker, Thomas F.
通讯作者:
Stocker, Thomas F.
DOI:
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发表时间:
2007
期刊:
The Annals of thoracic surgery
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Charlotte Miller;W. Gosling
DOI:
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发表时间:
2005
期刊:
Geological Society Special Publication
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
U. Röhl
影响因子:
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作者:
J. Runge
通讯作者:
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