STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF DEEP-SEA CHERTS
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF DEEP-SEA CHERTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-7037(76)90155-1
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
EPSTEIN, S
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作者:
KOLODNY, Y;EPSTEIN, S
Seventy four samples of DSDP recovered cherts of Jurassic to Miocene age from varying locations, and 27 samples of on-land exposed cherts were analyzed for the isotopic composition of their oxygen and hydrogen. These studies were accompanied by mineralogical analyses and some isotopic analyses of the coexisting carbonates.δ18Oof chert ranges between 27 and 39%. relative to SMOW,δ18Oof porcellanite—between 30 and 42%.. The consistent enrichment of opal-CT in porcellanites in18O with respect to coexisting microcrystalline quartz in chert is probably a reflection of a different temperature (depth) of diagenesis of the two phases.δ18Oof deep sea cherts generally decrease with increasing age, indicating an overall cpoling of the ocean bottom during the last 150 m.y. A comparison of this trend with that recorded by benthonic foraminifera (DouglasandSavin, 1975) indicates the possibility ofδ18Oin deep sea cherts not being frozen in until several tens of millions of years after deposition. Cherts of any Age show a spread ofδ18Ovalues, increasing diagenesis being reflected in a lowering ofδ18O. Drusy quartz has the lowestδ18Ovalues.On-land exposed cherts are consistently depleted in18O in comparison to their deep sea time equivalent cherts.Water extracted from deep sea cherts ranges between 0.5 and 1.4 wt %. δD of this water ranges between −78 and −95%. and is not a function ofδ18Oof the cherts (or the temperature of their formation).