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A lithium-isotope perspective on the evolution of carbon and silicon cycles
Kalderon-Asael, B.; Katchinoff, J.A.R.; Planavsky, N.J.; Hood, A.v.S.; Dellinger, M.; Bellefroid, E.J.; Jones, D.S.; Hofmann, A.; Ossa, F.O.; Macdonald, F.A.; Wang, C.; Isson, T.T.; Murphy, J.G.; Higgins, J.A.; West, A.J.; Wallace, M.W.; Asael, D.; Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E. (2021). A lithium-isotope perspective on the evolution of carbon and silicon cycles. Nature (Lond.) 595(7867): 394-398. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03612-1
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, meer
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  • Kalderon-Asael, B.
  • Katchinoff, J.A.R.
  • Planavsky, N.J.
  • Hood, A.v.S.
  • Dellinger, M.
  • Bellefroid, E.J.
  • Jones, D.S.
  • Hofmann, A.
  • Ossa, F.O.
  • Macdonald, F.A.
  • Wang, C.
  • Isson, T.T.
  • Murphy, J.G.
  • Higgins, J.A.
  • West, A.J.
  • Wallace, M.W.
  • Asael, D.
  • Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E.
Abstract
    The evolution of the global carbon and silicon cycles is thought to have contributed to the long-term stability of Earth’s climate. Many questions remain, however, regarding the feedback mechanisms at play, and there are limited quantitative constraints on the sources and sinks of these elements in Earth’s surface environments. Here we argue that the lithium-isotope record can be used to track the processes controlling the long-term carbon and silicon cycles. By analysing more than 600 shallow-water marine carbonate samples from more than 100 stratigraphic units, we construct a new carbonate-based lithium-isotope record spanning the past 3 billion years. The data suggest an increase in the carbonate lithium-isotope values over time, which we propose was driven by long-term changes in the lithium-isotopic conditions of sea water, rather than by changes in the sedimentary alterations of older samples. Using a mass-balance modelling approach, we propose that the observed trend in lithium-isotope values reflects a transition from Precambrian carbon and silicon cycles to those characteristic of the modern. We speculate that this transition was linked to a gradual shift to a biologically controlled marine silicon cycle and the evolutionary radiation of land plants.
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