Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1972
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1972gecoa..36..577b&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 36, Issue 5, pp.577-595
Physics
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Scientific paper
Carbon isotope ratios were determined for carbonates from the banded iron-formation of the Dales Gorge Member of the Brockman Iron Formation and from the Wittenoom and Duck Creek Dolomite Formations of the Hamersley Range area of Western Australia. The iron-formation carbonates had C 13 values of -9 to -11 %., while the dolomitic limestones had C 13 values of +2 to -2 %. It is concluded that the iron formation was precipitated in a basin isolated from the ocean, but probably in close proximity to it and that organic activity may have played a significant role in the genesis of the iron-formation. The dolomitic limestones were deposited during periods when the basin was transgressed by the ocean. A consideration of the available data on Precambrian marine carbonates leads to the conclusion that the oceanic reservoir of carbon has remained nearly constant for almost 3 × 10 9 years. The argument previously advanced for Phanerozoic samples, that this constancy implies a constant amount of atmospheric oxygen is reconsidered, and is found to rest on questionable assumptions.
Becker Richard H.
Clayton Robert N.
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