Ordovician seawater composition : evidence from fluid inclusions in halite

• Autorzy: Meng F. , Zhang Y. , Galamay A. R. , Bukowski K. , Ni P. , Xing E. , Ji L.

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DOI

10.7306/gq.1409

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Fluid inclusions in halite can directly record the major composition of evaporated seawater; however, Ordovician halite is very rare. The Ordovician is a key time during the evolution history because profound changes occurred in the planet’s ecosystems. Marine life was characterized by a major diversification, the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event and the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction, the first of the “big five” mass extinctions. However, so far there is no data on the Ordovician seawater. Data from the Ordovician-Silurian boundary were available only. In this study, we report the major compositions from Middle Ordovician halite in China to give the exact composition of Ordovician seawater. The basic ion composition (K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and SO₄^2-) of inclusion brines was established with the use of ultramicrochemical analysis. The data on the chemical composition of the brines in the primary inclusions indicated that the brines were of Na-K-Mg-Ca-Cl (Ca-rich) type, and cover a huge gap in the evolution of seawater chemistry. The chemical composition of the primary inclusion brine in halite confirmed the earlier results for the Cambrian and Silurian halite originating from other salt basins and the previous speculation of “calcite sea” during the Ordovician, indicating a higher potassium content in the Lower Paleozoic seawater than in the seawater of other periods of the Phanerozoic.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Ordovician; fluid inclusions; halite; seawater composition; calcite sea

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 62, No. 2
• Strony: 344--352
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 50 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

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Meng F.

• Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing 210008, China

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Zhang Y.

• Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Institute of Mineral Resources, Beijing 100037, China

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Galamay A. R.

• National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals, Naukowa 3A, 79060 Lviv, Ukraine

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Bukowski K.

• Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Ni P.

• School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Institute of Geo-Fluid Research, Nanjing, 210093, China

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Xing E.

• Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Institute of Mineral Resources, Beijing 100037, China

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Ji L.

• Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou Center for Oil and Gas Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Lanzhou 730000, China

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).