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The isotopic composition of sedimentary organic zinc and implications for the global Zn isotope mass balance
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ( IF 5 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-15 , DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.09.009
Yiyue Zhang 1, 2 , Noah J. Planavsky 2 , Mingyu Zhao 2, 3 , Terry Isson 4 , Dan Asael 2 , Changle Wang 5, 6 , Fei Wang 1
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Zinc (Zn) is a bioessential element whose cycling in the marine environment is closely linked to the biological pump. As a vital micronutrient, Zn is depleted in marine surface waters and enriched in deep waters. This has given rise to the longstanding hope that Zn could serve as a robust paleoproductivity proxy. There has been a recent focus on how Zn isotope signatures can be used to track the evolution of the biological pump. However, the factors controlling variations in the sedimentary Zn isotope composition of core-top sediments are debated and these values are influenced by changes in the relative contributions of biological uptake and scavenging processes and by mineral fractionations. In order to provide a new perspective on the Zn isotopic signature of marine core-top sediments and their potential for tracing ocean biogeochemical processes, we developed a sample preparation procedure to extract organically bound Zn (excluding inorganic Zn) without a significant isotope fractionation. We tested five potential organic solvents and found that the isopropanol extraction procedure provided a reproducible and robust result that yielded the highest recovery rate of organically bound Zn without a significant associated isotopic fractionation and appeared to exclude common mineral bound forms of Zn. This extraction procedure was used to analyze the Zn concentrations and isotopic compositions (δ66Zn) of core-top sediment samples from Long Island Sound and the Peruvian continental margin. Our results suggest that the δ66Zn value of organic Zn increases with water depth, thus providing additional support for the finding that burial of isotopically light Zn occurs predominantly in shallow high-productivity sediments. However, we also found that the δ66Zn values of the estimated authigenic Zn component are consistently lighter than those of the organic Zn fraction, consistent with diagenetic (sediment pile) scavenging of organic derived Zn in sulfides imparting an isotope fractionation.



中文翻译:

沉积有机锌的同位素组成及其对全球锌同位素质量平衡的影响

锌(Zn)是一种生物必需元素,其在海洋环境中的循环与生物泵密切相关。作为一种重要的微量营养素,锌在海洋表层水中被耗尽,而在深水中富集。这引起了长期以来的希望,即锌可以作为强大的古生产力替代品。最近的焦点是如何使用 Zn 同位素特征来跟踪生物泵的演变。然而,控制芯顶沉积物沉积 Zn 同位素组成变化的因素存在争议,这些值受生物吸收和清除过程的相对贡献变化以及矿物分馏的影响。为了提供关于海洋核心顶部沉积物的 Zn 同位素特征及其追踪海洋生物地球化学过程的潜力的新视角,我们开发了一种样品制备程序来提取有机结合的 Zn(不包括无机 Zn),而无需进行显着的同位素分馏。我们测试了五种潜在的有机溶剂,发现异丙醇萃取程序提供了可重复且稳健的结果,在没有显着相关同位素分馏的情况下,有机结合 Zn 的回收率最高,并且似乎排除了常见的矿物结合形式的 Zn。该提取程序用于分析 Zn 浓度和同位素组成 (δ 我们开发了一种样品制备程序来提取有机结合的 Zn(不包括无机 Zn),而无需进行显着的同位素分馏。我们测试了五种潜在的有机溶剂,发现异丙醇萃取程序提供了可重复且稳健的结果,在没有显着相关同位素分馏的情况下,有机结合 Zn 的回收率最高,并且似乎排除了常见的矿物结合形式的 Zn。该提取程序用于分析 Zn 浓度和同位素组成 (δ 我们开发了一种样品制备程序来提取有机结合的 Zn(不包括无机 Zn),而无需进行显着的同位素分馏。我们测试了五种潜在的有机溶剂,发现异丙醇萃取程序提供了可重复且稳健的结果,在没有显着相关同位素分馏的情况下,有机结合 Zn 的回收率最高,并且似乎排除了常见的矿物结合形式的 Zn。该提取程序用于分析 Zn 浓度和同位素组成 (δ 我们测试了五种潜在的有机溶剂,发现异丙醇萃取程序提供了可重复且稳健的结果,在没有显着相关同位素分馏的情况下,有机结合 Zn 的回收率最高,并且似乎排除了常见的矿物结合形式的 Zn。该提取程序用于分析 Zn 浓度和同位素组成 (δ 我们测试了五种潜在的有机溶剂,发现异丙醇萃取程序提供了可重复且稳健的结果,在没有显着相关同位素分馏的情况下,有机结合 Zn 的回收率最高,并且似乎排除了常见的矿物结合形式的 Zn。该提取程序用于分析 Zn 浓度和同位素组成 (δ66 Zn) 来自长岛海峡和秘鲁大陆边缘的岩心顶部沉积物样本。我们的研究结果表明,有机锌的 δ 66 Zn 值随着水深而增加,从而为同位素轻 Zn 的埋藏主要发生在浅层高生产力沉积物中的发现提供了额外的支持。然而,我们还发现估计的自生 Zn 组分的 δ 66 Zn 值始终比有机 Zn 组分的值轻,这与硫化物中有机衍生 Zn 的成岩(沉积物堆)清除作用相一致,从而赋予同位素分馏。

更新日期:2021-09-28
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