Dodd, MS;
Papineau, D;
Pirajno, F;
Wan, Y;
Karhu, JA;
(2019)
Minimal biomass deposition in banded iron formations inferred from organic matter and clay relationships.
Nature Communications
, 10
(1)
, Article 5022. 10.1038/s41467-019-12975-z.
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Abstract
The cycling of iron and organic matter (OM) is thought to have been a major biogeochemical cycle in the early ferruginous oceans which contributed to the deposition of banded iron formations (BIF). However, BIF are deficient in OM, which is postulated to be the result of near-complete oxidation of OM during iron reduction. We test this idea by documenting the prevalence of OM in clays within BIF and clays in shales associated with BIF. We find in shales >80% of OM occurs in clays, but <1% occurs in clays within BIF. Instead, in BIF OM occurs with 13C-depleted carbonate and apatite, implying OM oxidation occurred. Conversely, BIF which possess primary clays would be expected to preserve OM in clays, yet this is not seen. This implies OM deposition in silicate-bearing BIF would have been minimal, this consequently stifled iron-cycling and primary productivity through the retention of nutrients in the sediments.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Minimal biomass deposition in banded iron formations inferred from organic matter and clay relationships |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-12975-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12975-z |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085743 |
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