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Quantifying volcanism and organic carbon burial across Oceanic Anoxic Event 2

Nina M. Papadomanolaki, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, Heiko Palike, Appy Sluijs and Caroline P. Slomp
Quantifying volcanism and organic carbon burial across Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
Geology (Boulder) (February 2022) 50 (4): 511-515

Abstract

Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (ca. 94 Ma; OAE2) was one of the largest Mesozoic carbon cycle perturbations, but associated carbon emissions, primarily from the Caribbean large igneous province (LIP) and marine burial fluxes, are poorly constrained. Here, we use the carbon cycle box model LOSCAR-P to quantify the role of LIP volcanism and enhanced marine organic carbon (C (sub org) ) burial as constrained by the magnitude and shape of the positive stable carbon isotope (delta (super 13) C) excursion (CIE) in the exogenic carbon pool and atmospheric pCO (sub 2) reconstructions. In our best fit scenario, two pulses of volcanic carbon input - 0.065 Pg C yr (super -1) over 170 k.y. and 0.075 Pg C yr (super -1) over 40 k.y., separated by an 80 k.y. interval with an input of 0.02 Pg C yr (super -1) - are required to simulate observed changes in delta (super 13) C and pCO (sub 2) . Reduced LIP activity and C (sub org) burial lead to pronounced pCO (sub 2) reductions at the termination of both volcanic pulses, consistent with widespread evidence for cooling and a temporal negative trend in the global exogenic delta (super 13) C record. Finally, we show that observed leads and lags between such features in the records and simulations are explained by differences in the response time of components of the carbon cycle to volcanic forcing.


ISSN: 0091-7613
EISSN: 1943-2682
Coden: GLGYBA
Serial Title: Geology (Boulder)
Serial Volume: 50
Serial Issue: 4
Title: Quantifying volcanism and organic carbon burial across Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
Affiliation: Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
Pages: 511-515
Published: 20220203
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States
References: 35
Accession Number: 2022-020454
Categories: StratigraphyIsotope geochemistry
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus.
Secondary Affiliation: University of Bremen, Bremen, DEU, Germany
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2022, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States. Reference includes data supplied by the Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
Update Code: 202217
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