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Evidence from massive siderite beds for a CO2-rich atmosphere before ~ 1.8 billion years ago

Ohmoto, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Yumiko, Kumazawa, Kazumasa·2004·Nature

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It is generally thought that, in order to compensate for lower solar flux and maintain liquid oceans on the early Earth, methane must have been an important greenhouse gas before approximately 2.2 billion years (Gyr) ago. This is based upon a simple thermodynamic calculation that relates the absence of siderite (FeCO3) in some pre-2.2-Gyr palaeosols to atmospheric CO2 concentrations that would have been too low to have provided the necessary greenhouse effect. Using multi-dimensional thermodynamic analyses and geological evidence, we show here that the absence of siderite in palaeosols does not constrain atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Siderite is absent in many palaeosols (both pre- and post-2.2-Gyr in age) because the O2 concentrations and pH conditions in well-aerated soils have favoured the formation of ferric (Fe3+)-rich minerals, such as goethite, rather than siderite. Siderite, however, has formed throughout geological history in subsurface environments, such as euxinic seas, where anaerobic organisms created H2-rich conditions. The abundance of large, massive siderite-rich beds in pre-1.8-Gyr sedimentary sequences and their carbon isotope ratios indicate that the atmospheric CO2 concentration was more than 100 times greater than today, causing the rain and ocean waters to be more acidic than today. We therefore conclude that CO2 alone (without a significant contribution from methane) could have provided the necessary greenhouse effect to maintain liquid oceans on the early Earth.

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Authors: Ohmoto, H., Watanabe, Y., & Kumazawa, K.
Affiliations: Pennsylvania State University (US)
OYO Corporation (Japan) (JP)
Corresponding author: Ohmoto, Hiroshi
ORCID: Ohmoto, Hiroshi
Watanabe, Yumiko
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2004-05
Volume: 429
Issue: 6990
Pages: 395-399
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature02573
OpenAlex: W2071983566
Cited by: 224
References: 32
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FWCI: 11.81
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
Division of Materials Research
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Keywords: siderite, atmospheric CO2, early Earth atmosphere, greenhouse effect, methane, paleosols, goethite, carbon isotope ratio, thermodynamic modeling, Precambrian
MeSH terms: Atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide, Carbonates, Ferric Compounds, Methane, Oceans and Seas, Oxygen, Seawater, Thermodynamics, Time Factors, Greenhouse Effect, Geologic Sediments

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