对日本海西部大陆坡沉积物柱状样中的自生碳酸盐样品进行了X射线衍射、扫描电镜、地球化学和碳氧同位素组成的系统研究。X射线衍射和扫描电镜分析结果表明,碳酸盐主要组成矿物为颗粒状自生高镁方解石微晶,放射状自生文石微晶仅在一个层位出现。结合碳酸盐的地球化学组成,认为研究区碳酸盐来自于富Ca2+、Mg2+和HCO3-流体的沉淀。中度亏损的13C(-33.85‰~-39.53‰)表明碳来自于甲烷的厌氧氧化,同时,这也是研究区海底存在甲烷冷泉的重要证据。重氧同位素比值(5.28‰~5.31‰)则指示着富18O流体来源,而该流体应源于天然气水合物的分解。综上可知,研究区碳酸盐来自于研究区甲烷冷泉上升流的沉淀,指示着海底更深处天然气水合物的存在与分解。
Authigenic carbonates collected from a sediment core on the western continental slope of East Japan Sea have been synthetically studied on X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscope(SEM),geochemistry,and carbon and oxygen isotope.The analysis results on XRD and SEM show that carbonate minerals are mainly composed of authigenic high-Mg calcite(HMC) in grain shape,while authigenic elongate aragonite only appears in one layer.Combining the analysis on geochemical composition,we deduce that the studied...