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LIN Zhi-cheng, SUN Bai-nian, WU Jing-yu, YAN De-fei, LI Xiang-chuan, DAI Jing, 2012. New Proxy for Atmospheric Paleo-CO2 Level During Phanerozoic: Carbon Isotope Discrimination of Fossil Liverworts. Earth Science, 37(1): 145-155. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2012.014
Citation: LIN Zhi-cheng, SUN Bai-nian, WU Jing-yu, YAN De-fei, LI Xiang-chuan, DAI Jing, 2012. New Proxy for Atmospheric Paleo-CO2 Level During Phanerozoic: Carbon Isotope Discrimination of Fossil Liverworts. Earth Science, 37(1): 145-155. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2012.014
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New Proxy for Atmospheric Paleo-CO2 Level During Phanerozoic: Carbon Isotope Discrimination of Fossil Liverworts

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2012.014
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    Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems of Ministry of Education, College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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    Oil and Gas Engineering Institute, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, China

  • Received Date: 2010-07-13
  • Publish Date: 2012-01-15
    Abstract
  • This paper summarizes the latest approaches and results of reconstructed paleo-CO2 level for the pre-Quaternary period. With the link and response between the carbon isotope composition of the fossil liverworts and the paleo-CO2 level, the carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13C) of fossil liverwort is introduced as a new proxy for paleo-CO2 level. It is an interdisciplinary research concerning the relevant domains such as geology, botany, phytophysiology, geochemistry, probability and statistics. The theory and process of the new proxy are clarified and its corresponding mathematical model, BRYOCARB, is introduced. Furthermore, in order to test the result of the new method, a case study has been carried out. Three species fossil liverworts of the Middle Jurassic were collected from Yuxian County, Hebei Province, which is one of the best known fossil sites of bryophytes in China. After a series of experiments and analyses, their carbon isotope compositions were measured and then their Δ13C were calculated. With the Δ13C values and some other environmental parameters running in BRYOCARB, the paleo-CO2 level was calculated, which is ~705 (BRYOCARBNP for with no pores liverworts) μmol/mol or ~566 (BRYOCARBP for with pores liverworts) μmol/mol. The results show a good agreement with other proxies and the long term geochemical models, which proves the carbon isotope discrimination of fossil liverwort is an effective proxy.

     

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