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A copper isotope investigation of methane cycling in Late Archaean sediments
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dc.contributor.author | Zavina-James, Natalya A. V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zerkle, Aubrey L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Steele, Robert C. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Warke, Matthew R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Izon, Gareth | |
dc.contributor.author | Savage, Paul S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-15T23:35:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-15T23:35:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-16 | |
dc.identifier | 274298881 | |
dc.identifier | 14b09924-9563-481c-bf1b-f7136411feb2 | |
dc.identifier | 85108114347 | |
dc.identifier | 000684184400035 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Zavina-James , N A V , Zerkle , A L , Steele , R C J , Warke , M R , Izon , G & Savage , P S 2021 , ' A copper isotope investigation of methane cycling in Late Archaean sediments ' , Precambrian Research , vol. In press , 106267 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106267 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0301-9268 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-2324-1619/work/96141377 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8464-0264/work/96141447 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-9830-0383/work/96141525 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-1406-6855/work/96141548 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25540 | |
dc.description | This research was supported by NERC award NE/L002590/1 to the IAPETUS DTP, and by NERC Standard Grant NE/J023485/2 to A.L.Z. The initiation of Cu isotope analysis at the University of St Andrews was aided significantly by a Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant awarded to P.S.S. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The rise of oxygenic photosynthesis arguably represents the most important evolutionary step in Earth history. Recent studies, however, suggest that Earth’s pre-oxidative atmosphere was also heavily influenced by biological feedbacks. Most notably, recent geochemical records propose the existence of a hydrocarbon haze which periodically formed in response to enhanced biospheric methane fluxes. Copper isotopes provide a potential proxy for biological methane cycling; Cu is a bioessential trace metal and a key element in the aerobic oxidation of methane to carbon dioxide (methanotrophy). In addition, Cu isotopes are fractionated during biological uptake. Here, we present a high-resolution Cu isotope record measured in a suite of shales and carbonates from core GKF01, through the ~2.6–2.5 Ga Campbellrand-Malmani carbonate platform. Our data show a 0.85‰ range in Cu isotope composition and a negative excursion that predates the onset of a haze event. We interpret this excursion as representing a period of enhanced aerobic methane oxidation before the onset of the Great Oxidation Event. This places valuable time constraints on the evolution of this metabolism and firmly establishing Cu isotopes as a biomarker in Late Archaean rocks. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.format.extent | 718611 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Precambrian Research | en |
dc.subject | Copper isotopes | en |
dc.subject | Aerobic methantrophy | en |
dc.subject | Methane haze | en |
dc.subject | Archaean | en |
dc.subject | Atmospheric evolution | en |
dc.subject | GE Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GE | en |
dc.title | A copper isotope investigation of methane cycling in Late Archaean sediments | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | NERC | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Isotope Geochemistry | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106267 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2022-06-16 | |
dc.identifier.url | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926821001959?via%3Dihub#s0110 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/J023485/2 | en |
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