Oyster and brachiopod stable isotopes across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary and in the Early Jurassic

• Autorzy: Korte C. , Hesselbo S. , Jenkyns H. , Dietl G. , Dulai A. , Vörös A.
• Konferencja: International Congress on the Jurassic System (7 ; 06-18.09.2006 ; Kraków, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Oxygen and carbon isotope values have been obtained from oysters for the Triassic/Jurassic boundary section at Lavernock Point (Wales), and from brachiopods and oysters for different Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian localities of South Germany and Hungary. Low-Mg-calcite brachiopods and oysters are particularly suitable for such studies because this carbonate phase is the most resistant to diagenetic alteration. Nevertheless, all fossils have been screened by chemical and optical techniques (optical microscope, scanning electron microscopy, trace element analyses) to evaluate the isotope data for diagenetic change, and only samples with Mn content less than 250 ppm and Sr content more than 400 ppm, complemented by well preserved textures under SEM, were considered in this study. For the Triassic/Jurassic boundary (TJB) the carbon isotope values are at about 2.5‰ in the lower Langport Member, increase to 4.5‰ in the lowest Blue Lias and decrease subsequently to 1.5‰ just below the Planorbis Zone. The data remain low with variations between 1.5 and 2.5‰ up to the Liassicus Zone. These results correspond to the organic carbon isotope trend for the Triassic/Jurassic boundary section at St Audrie's Bay (Hesselbo et al. 2002). Oxygen isotope values increase from -0.5‰ in lower Langport Member to 0‰ at the base of the Blue Lias, decrease in the Blue Lias down to -1.5‰ just below the Planorbis Zone and change in parallel with the organic and inorganic carbon-isotope trends. The δ ¹ ⁸O values indicate decreasing seawater temperature with increasing δ ¹ ³C in the Langport Member and increasing water temperatures of about 6°C in the lower Blue Lias. The distinct warming trend occurred during the "main" TJB negative excursion. Carbon and oxygen isotope values from Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian brachiopods and oysters, as well as from some complementary belemnites, show similar values and trends compared to the data compilation by Jenkyns et al. (2002). Carbon isotope values are between 1 and 2‰ in the Hettangian and Early Sinemurian followed by an increase of about 1‰ during the Sinemurian, a nearly 3‰ decrease in the Early Pliensbachian and higher δ ¹ ³C values (˜2.5‰) in the later Pliensbachian.

Słowa kluczowe

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carbon isotopes; oxygen isotopes; oysters; brachiopods; Triassic/Jurassic boundary; Early Jurassic

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Volumina Jurassica
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 4, no. 1
• Strony: 289--289
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 2 poz.

Twórcy

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Korte C.

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Hesselbo S.

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Jenkyns H.

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Dietl G.

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Dulai A.

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Vörös A.

• Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK,

Bibliografia

• 1. Hesselbo S. P., Robinson S. A., Surlyk F. and Piasecki S. 2002. Terrestrial and marine extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary synchronized with major carbon-cycle perturbation: A link to initiation of massive volcanism? Geology, 30: 251-254.
• 2. Jenkyns H. C., Jones C. E., Gröcke D. R., Hesselbo S. P. and Parkinson D. N. 2002. Chemostratigraphy of the Jurassic System: Applications, limitations and implications for palaeoceanography. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 159: 351-378.