Non-steady state phanerozoic carbon and sulfur cycling

与太阳系其他行星不同，地球的特征是元素在大气圈、水圈和岩石圈中的活跃循环。描述这些旋回的中生代演化的模型（例如，碳、氧和硫循环），通常应用稳态方法。然而，最近发表的高分辨率C和S同位素数据（Weissert & Erba 2004，Paytan et al. 2004）不能再用稳态系统来解释。非稳态质量平衡模型可以成功地解释上述数据，但需要对火山或风化通量进行不切实际的大变化（Paytan等人，2004年）。此外，迄今为止，所有已发表的假设都无法协调C和S同位素记录，这一问题通常被称为C和S同位素地球化学的中心问题（Holser等，1988）。

Earth, unlike all other planets of the solar system, is characterized by the active cycling of elements through its atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Models describing the Phanerozoic evolution of these cycles ( e.g., the carbon, oxygen and sulfur cycles), usually apply a steady state approach. However, recently published high resolution C and S isotope data (Weissert & Erba 2004, Paytan et al. 2004) can no longer be explained in the context of a steady state system. Non-steady state mass balance models can successfully explain the above data, but require unrealistically large changes to volcanic or weathering fluxes (Paytan et al. 2004). Furthermore, all published hypotheses to date are unable to reconcile the C and S isotope records, a problem which is often referred to as the central problem of C and S isotope geochemistry (Holser et al 1988).