Teranes, Jane L.; McKenzie, Judith A.; Bernasconi, Stefano M.; Lotter, André F.; Sturm, Mike (1999). A study of oxygen isotopic fractionation during bio-induced calcite precipitation in eutrophic Baldeggersee, Switzerland. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 63(13-14), 1981 - 1989. Elsevier Science 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00049-6
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In order to better understand environmental factors controlling oxygen isotope shifts in autochthonous lacustrine carbonate sequences, we undertook an extensive one-year study (March, 1995 to February, 1996) of water-column chemistry and daily sediment trap material from a small lake in Central Switzerland. Comparisons between calculated equilibrium isotope values, using the fractionation equation of Friedman and O’Neil, (1977) and measured oxygen isotope ratios of calcite in the sediment-traps reveal that oxygen isotopic values of autochthonous calcite (δ18O) are in isotopic equilibrium with ambient water during most of the spring and summer, when the majority of the calcite precipitates. In contrast, small amounts of calcite precipitated in early-spring and again in late-autumn are isotopically depleted in 18O relative to the calculated equilibrium values, by as much as 0.8‰. This seasonally occurring apparent isotopic nonequilibrium is associated with times of high phosphorous concentrations, elevated pH (∼8.6) and increased [CO32−] (∼50 μmol/l) in the surface waters. The resulting weighted average δ18O value for the studied period is −9.6‰, compared with a calculated equilibrium δ18O value of −9.4‰. These data convincingly demonstrate that δ18O of calcite are, for the most part, a very reliable proxy for temperature and δ18O of the water.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Palaeoecology 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lotter, André Franz |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
ISSN: |
0016-7037 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier Science |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas |
Date Deposited: |
02 Jun 2016 11:14 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00049-6 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.82687 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/82687 |
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