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DOI	10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116959
	Silicon isotopes reveal a decline in oceanic dissolved silicon driven by biosilicification: A prerequisite for the Cambrian Explosion?
	Ye Y.; Frings P.J.; von Blanckenburg F.; Feng Q.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0012821X
卷号	566
英文摘要	The Early Phanerozoic witnessed one of the most important events in Earth history - the Cambrian Explosion. There is also a consensus that at roughly the same time oceanic dissolved silicon (DSi) concentrations decreased from close to saturation to somewhere below saturation. Yet the timing and magnitude of the putative DSi decrease, and any relationship with biological innovations, remain poorly known. Here, we study the widespread chert formed during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition (ca. 551-522 Ma) on the Yangtze Block, South China. Major and trace element geochemistry suggest the silicon for the chert is predominantly sourced from seawater, and most likely precipitated via adsorption on organic matter and uptake by silica-secreting organisms. New and compiled silicon isotope data from seven sections spanning the E-C boundary show an increase in divergence of δ30Si values at ca. 533 Ma. Using mass-balance arguments, we interpret this as evidence that the radiation of siliceous sponges and radiolarians contributed to a substantial (ca. 80%) decrease in oceanic DSi concentrations, which is corroborated by fossil records and simple box-models. Reduced oceanic DSi may reduce the effort needed to maintain intracellular Si concentrations below the level at which harmful Si precipitation in organismal cytoplasm occurs. This energy can be reallocated to other metabolic pathways of new functional types, potentially the establishment of suspension-feeding communities that triggered Phanerozoic-type mixground ecology. Therefore, the early appearance of silicifiers (∼540-530 Ma) may have made conditions more favorable for the main stage (∼520 Ma) of Cambrian Explosion in functional and ecological diversification. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
关键词	box-model chert Liuchapo formation silicon isotopes silicon toxicity sponges
英文关键词	Cytology; Ecology; Isotopes; Silica; Trace elements; Biosilicification; Box models; Cambrians; Chert; Ediacaran cambrians; Liuchapo formation; Silicon concentration; Silicon isotopes; Silicon toxicity; Sponge; Silicon; Cambrian; chert; concentration (composition); fossil record; isotopic composition; silicification; silicon; sponge; toxicity; China; Yangtze Platform; Porifera; Radiolaria (protozoans)
语种	英语
来源期刊	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/203356
作者单位	State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; School of Earth Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 3.3 Earth Surface Geochemistry, Potsdam, 14473, Germany; Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ye Y.,Frings P.J.,von Blanckenburg F.,et al. Silicon isotopes reveal a decline in oceanic dissolved silicon driven by biosilicification: A prerequisite for the Cambrian Explosion?[J],2021,566.
APA	Ye Y.,Frings P.J.,von Blanckenburg F.,&Feng Q..(2021).Silicon isotopes reveal a decline in oceanic dissolved silicon driven by biosilicification: A prerequisite for the Cambrian Explosion?.Earth and Planetary Science Letters,566.
MLA	Ye Y.,et al."Silicon isotopes reveal a decline in oceanic dissolved silicon driven by biosilicification: A prerequisite for the Cambrian Explosion?".Earth and Planetary Science Letters 566(2021).