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Geology; November 2005; v. 33; no. 11; p. 877-880; DOI: 10.1130/G21945.1
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Model of seawater composition for the Phanerozoic

Robert V. Demicco*,1, Tim K. Lowenstein1, Lawrence A. Hardie2 and Ronald J. Spencer3

1 Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, USA
2 Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
3 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada

We present an inverse model of Phanerozoic seawater composition calibrated against updated paleoseawater compositions from fluid inclusions in marine halites. The model considers step-wise alteration of seawater composition via: (1) variable input of river water, (2) variable rates of alteration of seawater through reactions at mid-ocean ridges, and (3) variable rates of alteration of seawater through reactions on ridge flanks and across the ocean floor in general. The model achieves agreement with paleoseawater fluid inclusion data for Na+, Ca2+, SO42–, and K+, particularly when variable runoff is considered. Variable rates of basalt- seawater interactions at both ridges and ridge flanks are required to understand the evolution of seawater, particularly the observed, near-constant concentration of K+ through time.

Key Words: seawater chemistry • fluid inclusions • hydrothermal alteration • inverse modeling




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