Adloff, M;
Ridgwell, A;
Monteiro, FM;
Parkinson, IJ;
Dickson, AJ;
Pogge Von Strandmann, PAE;
Fantle, MS;
(2021)
Inclusion of a suite of weathering tracers in the cGENIE Earth system model-muffin release v.0.9.23.
Geoscientific Model Development
, 14
(7)
pp. 4187-4223.
10.5194/gmd-14-4187-2021.
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Abstract
The metals strontium (Sr), lithium (Li), osmium (Os) and calcium (Ca), together with their isotopes, are important tracers of weathering and volcanism-primary processes which shape the long-term cycling of carbon and other biogeochemically important elements at the Earth's surface. Traditionally, because of their long residence times in the ocean, isotopic shifts in these four elements observed in the geologic record are almost exclusively interpreted with the aid of isotope-mixing, tracer-specific box models. However, such models may lack a mechanistic description of the links between the cycling of the four metals to other geochemically relevant elements, particularly carbon, or climate. Here we develop and evaluate an implementation of Sr, Li, Os and Ca isotope cycling in the Earth system model cGENIE. The model offers the possibility to study the dynamics of these metal systems alongside other more standard biogeochemical cycles, as well as their relationship with changing climate. We provide examples of how to apply this new model capability to investigate Sr, Li, Os and Ca isotope dynamics and responses to environmental change, for which we take the example of massive carbon release to the atmosphere.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Inclusion of a suite of weathering tracers in the cGENIE Earth system model-muffin release v.0.9.23 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.5194/gmd-14-4187-2021 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4187-2021 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. |
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/10131530 |
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