Reconstruction of limnology and microbialite formation conditions from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry

Petryshyn, V. A.; Lim, D.; Laval, B. L.; Brady, A.; Slater, G.; Tripati, A. K.

doi:10.1111/gbi.12121

Reconstruction of limnology and microbialite formation conditions from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry

Journal Article · Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Geobiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12121· OSTI ID:1401122

Petryshyn, V. A. ^[1]; Lim, D. ^[2]; Laval, B. L. ^[3]; Brady, A. ^[4]; Slater, G. ^[4]; Tripati, A. K. ^[5]

Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute NASA‐Ames Research Center Moffett Field CA USA
Department of Civil Engineering University of British Colombia Vancouver BC Canada
School of Geography and Earth Sciences McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Institute for the Environment and Sustainability Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Los Angeles CA USA

Abstract

Quantitative tools for deciphering the environment of microbialite formation are relatively limited. For example, the oxygen isotope carbonate‐water geothermometer requires assumptions about the isotopic composition of the water of formation. We explored the utility of using ‘clumped’ isotope thermometry as a tool to study the temperatures of microbialite formation. We studied microbialites recovered from water depths of 10–55 m in Pavilion Lake, and 10–25 m in Kelly Lake, spanning the thermocline in both lakes. We determined the temperature of carbonate growth and the ¹⁸ O/ ¹⁶ O ratio of the waters that microbialites grew in. Results were then compared to current limnological data from the lakes to reconstruct the history of microbialite formation. Modern microbialites collected at shallow depths (11.7 m) in both lakes yield clumped isotope‐based temperatures of formation that are within error of summer water temperatures, suggesting that clumped isotope analyses may be used to reconstruct past climates and to probe the environments in which microbialites formed. The deepest microbialites (21.7–55 m) were recovered from below the present‐day thermoclines in both lakes and yield radioisotope ages indicating they primarily formed earlier in the Holocene. During this time, pollen data and our reconstructed water ¹⁸ O/ ¹⁶ O ratios indicate a period of aridity, with lower lake levels. At present, there is a close association between both photosynthetic and heterotrophic communities, and carbonate precipitation/microbialite formation, with biosignatures of photosynthetic influences on carbonate detected in microbialites from the photic zone and above the thermocline (i.e., depths of generally <20 m). Given the deeper microbialites are receiving <1% of photosynthetically active radiation ( PAR ), it is likely these microbialites primarily formed when lower lake levels resulted in microbialites being located higher in the photic zone, in warm surface waters.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1401122

Journal Information:: Geobiology, Journal Name: Geobiology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 13; ISSN 1472-4677

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