Did phosphorus derived from the weathering of large igneous provinces fertilize the Neoproterozoic ocean?

Horton, Forrest

doi:10.1002/2015gc005792

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Did phosphorus derived from the weathering of large igneous provinces fertilize the Neoproterozoic ocean?

Horton, Forrest·2015·Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

DOI 10.1002/2015gc005792

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Primary productivity and organic carbon burial rates in the Precambrian were highly sensitive to fluxes of phosphorus (P) from the weathering of continental crust. Large igneous provinces (LIPs)—containing substantial P and highly susceptible to chemical weathering—occurred regularly during the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent, and flood basalts probably covered 3.7–7.4 × 10 6 km 2 at a time when a low‐latitude continental configuration expedited weathering. Assuming chemical weathering liberated much of the P contained in the flood basalts, an estimated 1–4 × 10 17 mol of biologically available P entered the ocean from LIPs between 900 and 500 Ma. Especially, voluminous LIP magmatism began at ∼850 Ma and culminated with the Franklin Province at 720 Ma, after which an estimated bioavailable P flux from flood basalts of 1–5 × 10 9 mol/yr may have been sustained for millions of years, elevating primary production and organic carbon burial rates. P enrichment of LIP magmas prior to eruption could have contributed to efficient reactive P delivery to the ocean: liquid‐crystal fractionation beneath thick cratonic lithosphere and the incorporation of metasomatic P potentially enriched Neoproterozoic LIP magmas more than anytime previously. Thus, a unique convergence of tectonic conditions—supercontinent breakup, voluminous mafic volcanism containing abundant P, and a low‐latitude continental configuration—may have facilitated an unprecedented flux of bioavailable P to the ocean that was capable of triggering oxidation of the ocean‐atmosphere system and enabling accelerated biologic diversification.

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The plume events and associated LIPs (concentrated between 850 and 720 Ma) may have pumped out copious amounts of P via basalt weathering, stimulating primary production, organic burial, and gains in biospheric O2.
“The plume events and associated LIPs (concentrated between 850 and 720 Ma) may have pumped out copious amounts of P via basalt weathering—stimulating primary production, organic burial, and gains in biospheric O2 (Horton, 2015, but compare Planavsky, 2018).”
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Authors: Horton, F.
Affiliations: University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
Corresponding author: Horton, Forrest
ORCID: Horton, Forrest
Venue: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Published: 2015-06
Volume: 16
Issue: 6
Pages: 1723-1738
ISSN: 1525-2027 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1002/2015gc005792
OpenAlex: W1677061308
Cited by: 147
References: 101
Citations by year: 2026: 21 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3
FWCI: 7.59
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 11 d)
Locations: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Keywords: phosphorus, large igneous provinces, Neoproterozoic, continental weathering, flood basalts, Rodinia breakup, primary productivity, organic carbon burial

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