Calcium isotope fractionation and its controlling factors over authigenic carbonates in the cold seeps of the northern South China Sea  

作　　者：WANG ShuHong YAN Wen MAGALHAES H Vitor CHEN Zhong PINHEIRO M Luis GUSSONE Nikolaus 

机构地区：[1]CAS Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology,South China Sea Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Guangzhou 510301,China [2]Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies(CESAM)and Geosciences Department,University of Aveiro,Aveiro 3810-193,Portugal [3]Institut fiir Mineralogie,Universitgit Miinster,Miinster 48149,Germany

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2012年第11期1325-1332,共8页

基　　金：supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-GJ03-01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40706022, U0733003 and 41176052);the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB219502-4);the Knowledge Innovation Program of South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (LYQY200806)

摘　　要：In this study, we analyzed stable calcium isotope results of authigenic carbonates from two cold seep areas of the Dongsha area and the Baiyun Sag in the northern South China Sea. The stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen as well as the mineral composition of authigenic carbonates were used to investigate control calcium isotope fractionation. The δ44/40Ca ratios of the southwestern Dongsha area samples ranged from 1.21‰ to 1.52‰ and the ratio of the Baiyun Sag sample was 1.55‰ of the SRM915a isotope standard. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the carbonate samples consisted of dolomite, calcite and aragonite, with small amounts of high-Mg calcite and siderite. The δ13C values of the carbonates of the southwestern Dongsha area varied between δ49.21‰ and δ16.86‰ of the Vienna PeeDee Belemnite (VPDB) standard and the δ18O values ranged from 2.25‰ to 3.72‰ VPDB. The δ13C value of the Baiyun Sag sample was 2.36‰ VPDB and the δ18O value was 0.44‰ VPDB. The δ13C values of the carbonates of the southwestern Dongsha area revealed there is methane seeping into this area, with a variable contribution of methane-derived carbon. The sampled carbonates covered a range of δ13C values suggesting a dominant methane carbon source for the light samples and mixtures of δ13C values for the heavier samples, with possibly an organic or seawater carbon source. The δ18O values indicated that there is enrichment in 18O, which is related to the larger oxygen isotope fractionation in dolomite compared to calcite. The results of the Baiyun Sag sample exhibited normal seawater carbon and oxygen isotopic values, indicating that this sample is not related to methane seepage but instead to precipitation from seawater. The relatively high δ44/40Ca values indicated either precipitation at comparatively high rates in pore-water regimes with high alkalinity, or precipitation from an evolved heavy fluid with high degrees of Ca consumption (Raleigh type fractionation). The dolomite samples from the Dongsha area reveaIn this study, we analyzed stable calcium isotope results of authigenic carbonates from two cold seep areas of the Dongsha area and the Baiyun Sag in the northern South China Sea. The stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen as well as the mineral composition of anthigenic carbonates were used to investigate control calcium isotope fractionation. The δ^44/40Ca ratios of the southwestem Dongsha area samples ranged from 1.21%o to 1.52% and the ratio of the Baiyun Sag sample was 1.55% of the SRM915a isotope standard. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the carbonate samples consisted of dolomite, calcite and aragonite, with small amounts of high-Mg calcite and siderite. The 8：3C values of the carbonates of the southwestern Dongsha area varied between -49.21%o and -16.86%of the Vienna PeeDee Belemnite （VPDB） standard and the d：80 values ranged from 2.25%0 to 3.72%0 VPDB. The d：3C value of the Baiyun Sag sample was 2.36%0 VPDB and the 8180 value was 0.44%0 VPDB. The 813C values of the carbonates of the southwestern Dongsha area revealed there is methane seeping into this area, with a variable contribution of methane-derived carbon. The sampled carbonates covered a range of δ^13C values suggesting a dominant methane carbon source for the light samples and mixtures of δ^13C values for the heavier samples, with possibly an organic or seawater carbon source. The 6180 values indicated that there is enrichment in 180, which is related to the larger oxygen isotope fractionation in dolomite com- pared to calcite. The results of the Baiyun Sag sample exhibited normal seawater carbon and oxygen isotopic values, indicating that this sample is not related to methane seepage but instead to precipitation from seawater. The relatively high δ^44/40Ca values indicated either precipitation at comparatively high rates in pore-water regimes with high alkalinity, or precipitation from an evolved heavy fluid with high degrees of Ca consumption （Raleigh type fractionation）. The dolomite samples from the Dongsha area reveale

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分 类 号：P597[天文地球—地球化学] P618.130.2[天文地球—地质学]