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| 项目编号 | 1217017 |
| Seeking new paleotemperature proxies: Noble gases in evaporites | |
| Reika Yokochi | |
| 主持机构 | University of Chicago |
| 开始日期 | 2012-07-01 |
| 结束日期 | 2014-06-30 |
| 资助经费 | 39101(USD) |
| 项目类别 | Standard Grant |
| 资助机构 | US-NSF（美国国家科学基金会） |
| 项目所属计划 | GEOBIOLOGY & LOW TEMP GEOCHEM |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 英文简介 | Paleoclimate records provide essential constraints for models to predict complex climate variability. However, paleotemperature proxies are scarce in warm, arid regions of the Earth. Surface water equilibrated with the atmosphere at ambient temperatures may be trapped as fluid inclusions in minerals forming evaporite minerals under such conditions. As noble gas solubility in water is temperature-dependent, this project will examine the potential of evaporites for noble gas-based paleothermometry. Active salt farms and modern halite provide relatively well-controlled open-air environments in which halite precipitation occurs. These modern environments allow us to examine how short-term temperature fluctuations are reflected in the noble gas temperatures of fluid inclusions in halite, and thus to calibrate the proxy record. In this project, the assembled research time will analyze noble gas concentrations of fluid inclusions in halite that formed at known locations and during known periods of time (i.e. known average temperature) in order to investigate how the noble gas temperature relates to the local temperature record. A positive result will lead to further studies for establishing this new paleotemperature proxy and may have broad implications on climate modeling by providing temperature records for dry regions over extended time periods. Broader Significance and Importance. Being able to predict climate change on our planet is arguably of critical for humans on this planet, as climate can directly affect important activities such as agriculture. In order to understand climate in our modern world, it is very helpful to know about Earth?s climate throughout the ancient past. Usually we learn about past climates via geological records. However, geological materials that preserve records of ancient temperature are scarce in warm, dry regions of the Earth, which makes it difficult for us to determine the climate record for such areas. This award provides support to explore a potentially very useful method for examining climates of these regions by examining natural salt samples. When these salt crystals form, tiny bubbles of liquid and gas are trapped inside. These trapped bubbles are known as inclusions. It has been established that concentrations of chemically inert (noble) gases in water and brine depend upon temperature. Therefore, it is possible that the gas content of the inclusions could be measured to determine ancient Earth temperatures. To establish whether this method could really be useful, the investigators plan to measure the gas concentrations in inclusions of salt crystals formed under known conditions (mainly salt farms). They will see if the temperatures derived from gas concentrations in these modern salt crystal inclusions actually match or correspond to the local temperature records. If the method proves to be successful way to measure temperature, it will lead to further study on whether the method can be applied to obtain paleotemperature estimates from ancient samples. Consequently such work could enable better climate prediction for the modern world. |
| 来源学科分类 | Geosciences |
| URL | https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1217017 |
| 资源类型 | 项目 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/342634 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Reika Yokochi.Seeking new paleotemperature proxies: Noble gases in evaporites.2012. |
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