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The silica cycle in the Precambrian
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“This is the value expected in Precambrian seawater prior to the evolution of silicasecreting organisms [Siever, 1992] and is at the upper limit of weathering fluids found on contemporary Earth, which have silica concentrations ranging from 2 to 60 ppm, depending on rock type [Garr½ls and MacKenzie, 1971, p.160].”
From A chemical model for evaporites on early Mars: Possible sedimentary tracers of the early climate and implications for exploration (1999) · cites this paper as Siever, 1992
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“Similar to Fe(II), the Archaean ocean had significantly elevated concentrations of dissolved silica, at least as high as at saturation with cristobalite (0.67 mM at 40 o C in seawater), between 0.5 and 1.5 mM for Fe(III)-Si gels, depending on the Fe/Si ratio, or as high as 2.20 mM for amorphous silica (Siever, 1992; Maliva et al., 2005; Konhauser et al., 2007a; Zheng et al., 2016).”
From Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history (2017) · cites this paper as Siever, 1992
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“Abiogenic cherts are predominantly formed in the Precambrian due to high marine silica concentrations in the absence of a biological sink (Siever, 1992;Maliva et al., 2005).”
From Trace elements at the intersection of marine biological and geochemical evolution (2016) · cites this paper as Siever, 1992
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“High concentrations of these ions within sediment pore-waters may also have been favoured by their elevated concentrations in the Precambrian seawater, owing in part, to the lack of significant biomineral sinks (e.g. Maliva et al., 1989; 2005; Siever, 1992; Porter & Knoll, 2000; Shields, 2002; Perry & Lefticariu, 2003).”
From Remarkable preservation of microbial mats in Neoproterozoic siliciclastic settings: Implications for Ediacaran taphonomic models (2009) · cites this paper as Siever, 1992
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“…silica, at least as high as at saturation with cristobalite (0.67 mM at 40 °C in seawater), between 0.5 and 1.5 mM for Fe(III)-Si gels, depending on the Fe/Si ratio, or as high as 2.20 mM for amorphous silica (Siever, 1992; Maliva et al., 2005; Konhauser et al., 2007a; Zheng et al., 2016).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Siever, R.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Siever, Raymond
- Venue
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-08
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 3265-3272
- ISSN
- 0016-7037 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1992933657
- Cited by
- 456
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Keywords
- silica cycling, Precambrian, Neoproterozoic, dissolved silica, clay minerals, zeolites, pore water, hydrothermal input, weathering, tectonism, silica solubility
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