Salt precipitation and dissolution in the late Quaternary Dead Sea: Evidence from chemical and δ37Cl composition of pore fluids and halites

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作者
Levy, Elan J. [1 ,2 ]
Yechieli, Yoseph [2 ,3 ]
Gavrieli, Ittai [2 ]
Lazar, Boaz [4 ]
Kiro, Yael [5 ]
Stein, Mordechai [2 ,4 ]
Sivan, Orit [1 ]
机构
[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Geol & Environm Sci, Beer Sheva, Israel
[2] Geol Survey Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, IL-95501 Jerusalem, Israel
[3] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Zuckerberg Ctr, Dept Hydrol & Microbiol, Sede Boqer, Israel
[4] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Inst Earth Sci, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
[5] Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, 61 Route 9W,POB 1000, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
基金
以色列科学基金会;
关键词
Dead Sea; halite dissolution; halite precipitation; delta Cl-37; Mount Sedom salt diapir; ICDP; STABLE-ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LAKE LISAN; SEDOM DIAPIR; MOUNT SEDOM; CHLORINE; BRINE; WATER; EVOLUTION; FACIES; RECORD;
D O I
10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.003
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The chemical composition and delta Cl-37 of pore fluids from the ICDP core drilled in the deepest floor of the terminal and hypersaline Dead Sea, and halites from the adjacent Mount Sedom salt diapir, are used to establish the dynamics of halite precipitation and dissolution during the last interglacial and glacial periods. Between similar to 132 and 116 thousand years ago (ka) halites precipitated in the lake resulting in the expulsion of Na+ and Cl- from the residual solution. Over 50% of the Cl- reservoir was removed, resulting in a decrease in the Na/Cl ratio from 0.57 to 0.19. This process was accompanied by a decrease in delta Cl-37 values in the precipitating halites and the associated residual Cl- in the lake. The observed decrease fits a Rayleigh distillation curve with a fractionation factor of Delta((NaCl-Dead Sea solution)) = +0.32 parts per thousand (+/- 0.12) determined in the present study. This behavior implies negligible contribution of external sources of Cl- to the lake during the main peak of the last interglacial, MIS5e. Subsequently, during the last glacial (ca. 117 to 17 ka) dissolution of halite took place, the Na+ and Cl- inventory were replenished, accompanied by an increase in Na/C1 from 0.21 to 0.55 and in the delta Cl-37 values from -0.46 parts per thousand to -0.12 parts per thousand. While the lake underwent significant dilution during that time, the decrease in salinity was somewhat suppressed by the dissolution of the halite which was mostly derived from Mount Sedom salt diapir. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserve.
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页数:11
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