The Uranium Isotope Paleoredox Proxy

Kimberly V. Lau; Stephen J. Romaniello; Feifei Zhang

doi:10.1017/9781108584142

References

6 Key Papers

Papers That Established the Redox-Sensitive Nature of the δ²³⁸U Proxy

Stirling, C. H., Andersen, M. B., Potter, E.-K. and Halliday, A. N. (2007) Low-temperature isotopic fractionation of uranium. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 264, 208–225.

Weyer, S., Anbar, A. D., Gerdes, A., Gordon, G. W., Algeo, T. J. and Boyle, E. A. (2008) Natural fractionation of ²³⁸U/²³⁵U. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72, 345–359.

Brennecka, G. A., Wasylenki, L. E., Bargar, J. R., Weyer, S. and Anbar, A. D. (2011a) Uranium isotope fractionation during adsorption to Mn-oxyhydroxides. Environmental Science & Technology 45, 1370–1375.

Calibrations of Isotopic Fractionation in Reducing Settings

This paper set up the mechanism by which effective fractionation is subject to local depositional conditions.

Andersen, M. B., Romaniello, S., Vance, D., Little, S. H., Herdman, R. and Lyons, T. W. (2014) A modern framework for the interpretation of ²³⁸U/²³⁵U in studies of ancient ocean redox. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 400, 184–194.

Calibrations of Isotopic Fractionation and Variability in Carbonate Sediments

Chen, X., Romaniello, S. J., Herrmann, A. D., Hardisty, D., Gill, B. C. and Anbar, A. D. (2018a) Diagenetic effects on uranium isotope fractionation in carbonate sediments from the Bahamas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 237, 294–311.

Tissot, F. L. H., Chen, C., Go, B. M., Naziemiec, M., Healy, G., Bekker, A., Swart, P. K. and Dauphas, N. (2018) Controls of eustasy and diagenesis on the ²³⁸U/²³⁵U of carbonates and evolution of the seawater ²³⁴U/²³⁸U during the last 1.4 Myr. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 242, 233–265.

Summaries of the U Isotope Budget

Andersen, M. B., Vance, D., Morford, J. L., Bura-Nakić, E., Breitenbach, S. F. M. and Och, L. (2016) Closing in on the marine ²³⁸U/²³⁵U budget. Chemical Geology 420, 11–22.

Tissot, F. L. H. and Dauphas, N. (2015) Uranium isotopic compositions of the crust and ocean: age corrections, U budget and global extent of modern anoxia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 167, 113–143.

Uranium Isotopes as an Indicator of Atmospheric Oxygenation (via Uraninite Oxidation) in Organic-Rich Shale Archives

Kendall, B., Brennecka, G. A., Weyer, S. and Anbar, A. D. (2013) Uranium isotope fractionation suggests oxidative uranium mobilization at 2.50 Ga. Chemical Geology 362, 105–114.

Uranium Isotopes in Carbonates

Lau et al. (2016) first showed that δ²³⁸U reproduced across multiple stratigraphic sections. Both Clarkson et al. (2018) and Zhang et al. (2018c) compared δ²³⁸U trends with other environmental proxies. Clarkson et al. (2018) also demonstrated reproducibility across a depth gradient.

Lau, K. V., Maher, K., Altiner, D., Kelley, B. M., Kump, L. R., Lehrmann, D. J., Silva-Tamayo, J. C., Weaver, K. L., Yu, M. and Payne, J. L. (2016) Marine anoxia and delayed Earth system recovery after the end-Permian extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 2360–2365.

Clarkson, M. O., Stirling, C. H., Jenkyns, H. C., Dickson, A. J., Porcelli, D., Moy, C. M., Pogge von Strandmann, P. A. E., Cooke, I. R. and Lenton, T. M. (2018) Uranium isotope evidence for two episodes of deoxygenation during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 2918–2923.

Zhang, F., Romaniello, S. J., Algeo, T. J., Lau, K. V., Clapham, M. E., Richoz, S., Herrmann, A. D., Smith, H., Horacek, M. and Anbar, A. D. (2018c) Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction. Science Advances 4, e1602921.

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6 Key Papers

Papers That Established the Redox-Sensitive Nature of the δ²³⁸U Proxy

Calibrations of Isotopic Fractionation in Reducing Settings

Calibrations of Isotopic Fractionation and Variability in Carbonate Sediments

Summaries of the U Isotope Budget

Uranium Isotopes as an Indicator of Atmospheric Oxygenation (via Uraninite Oxidation) in Organic-Rich Shale Archives

Uranium Isotopes in Carbonates

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6 Key Papers

Papers That Established the Redox-Sensitive Nature of the δ238U Proxy

Calibrations of Isotopic Fractionation in Reducing Settings

Calibrations of Isotopic Fractionation and Variability in Carbonate Sediments

Summaries of the U Isotope Budget

Uranium Isotopes as an Indicator of Atmospheric Oxygenation (via Uraninite Oxidation) in Organic-Rich Shale Archives

Uranium Isotopes in Carbonates

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