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Title: | Stalagmite carbon isotopes and dead carbon proportion (DCP) in a near-closed-system situation: An interplay between sulphuric and carbonic acid dissolution |
Authors: | Bajo, P Borsato, A Drysdale, RN Hua, Q Frisia, S Zanchetta, G Hellstrom, JC Woodhead, JD |
Keywords: | Inorganic acids Carbonic acid Carbon 14 Carbon isotopes Stable isotopes Caves |
Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2017 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Bajo, P., Borsato, A., Drysdale, R., Hua, Q., Frisia, S., Zanchetta, G., Hellstrom, J. & Woodhead, J. (2017). Stalagmite carbon isotopes and dead carbon proportion (DCP) in a near-closed-system situation: An interplay between sulphuric and carbonic acid dissolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 210, 208-227. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.038 |
Abstract: | In this study, the ‘dead carbon proportion’ (DCP) calculated from combined U-Th and radiocarbon analyses was used to explore the carbon isotope systematics in Corchia Cave (Italy) speleothems, using the example of stalagmite CC26 which grew during the last ∼12 ka. The DCP values in CC26 are among the highest ever recorded in a stalagmite, spanning the range 44.8–68.8%. A combination of almost closed-system conditions and sulphuric acid dissolution (SAD) are proposed as major drivers in producing such a high DCP with minor contribution from old organic matter from the deep vadose zone. The long-term decrease in both DCP and δ13C most likely reflects post-glacial soil recovery above the cave, with a progressive increase of soil CO2 contribution to the total dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). Pronounced millennial-scale shifts in DCP and relatively small coeval but antipathetic changes in δ13C are modulated by the effects of hydrological variability on open and closed-system dissolution, SAD and prior calcite precipitation. Hence, the DCP in Corchia Cave speleothems represents an additional proxy for rainfall amount. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.038 https://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/11131 |
ISSN: | 0016-7037 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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