DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.06.019
论文题名: Multiple sulfur isotope signals associated with the late Smithian event and the Smithian/Spathian boundary
作者: Thomazo C. ; Brayard A. ; Elmeknassi S. ; Vennin E. ; Olivier N. ; Caravaca G. ; Escarguel G. ; Fara E. ; Bylund K.G. ; Jenks J.F. ; Stephen D.A. ; Killingsworth B. ; Sansjofre P. ; Cartigny P.
刊名: Earth Science Reviews
ISSN: 00128252
出版年: 2019
卷: 195 起始页码: 96
结束页码: 113
语种: 英语
英文关键词: carbonate
; hydrogen sulfide
; marine environment
; paleoceanography
; paleoenvironment
; paleolatitude
; Permian-Triassic boundary
; pyrite
; redox conditions
; sulfate
; sulfur isotope
; Mineral Mountains
; United States
; Utah
英文摘要: The Early Triassic is generally portrayed as a time of various, high ecological stresses leading to a delayed biotic recovery after the devastating end-Permian mass extinction. This interval is notably characterized by repeated biotic crises (e.g., during the late Smithian), large-scale fluctuations of the global carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles as well as harsh marine conditions including a combination of ocean acidification, anoxia, extreme seawater temperatures and shifting productivity. Observations from different paleolatitudes suggest that sulfidic (H2S-rich) conditions may have developed widely during the Early Triassic, possibly reaching up to ultra-shallow environments in some places. However, the existence and the spatio-temporal extent of such redox swings remain poorly constrained. In order to explore Early Triassic paleoceanographic redox changes and their potential influences on the biotic recovery, we analyzed multiple sulfur isotopes (32S, 33S, 34S, and 36S) of sedimentary pyrite and carbonate associated sulfate (δ34SCAS) from the Mineral Mountains section, Utah. Sediments from this section were mainly deposited in shallow waters and span the Smithian and lower Spathian. We report a 68‰ range of variations in δ34Spy associated with Δ33Spy varying from −0.01‰ to +0.12‰, whereas the δ34SCAS varies between +19.5‰ and + 34.8‰. We interpret the observed signal of multiple sulfur isotopes as reflecting the operation of pore-water synsedimentary microbial sulfate reduction in open system with respect to sulfates before the late Smithian, evolving to a closed system, sulfate limited, Rayleigh-type distillation across the Smithian/Spathian boundary (SSB) and immediately after the SSB. We argue that this marked change is driven by the effectiveness of the connection between the sedimentary pore waters and the overlying water column, which is, in this case, controlled by the local sedimentological conditions such as the bioturbation intensity and the sedimentation rate. Therefore, our results suggest that changes in the sulfur cycle before and across the SSB at Mineral Mountains is probably a local consequence of the loss of the mixed sedimentary layer during the late Smithian extinction event, as opposed to reflecting the development of a lethal anoxic ocean at the global scale. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/165944
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作者单位: Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, 21000, France; Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000, France; Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, UMR 5023, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, 69622, France; 140 South 700 East, Spanish Fork, UT 84660, United States; 1134 Johnson Ridge Lane, West Jordan, UT 84084, United States; Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley Univ., Orem, UT 84058, United States; CNRS-UMR6538 Lab. Géosciences Océan, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, 29280, France; Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne-Paris Cité, Univ. Paris Diderot, CNRS, Paris Cedex 05, 75238, France
Recommended Citation:
Thomazo C.,Brayard A.,Elmeknassi S.,et al. Multiple sulfur isotope signals associated with the late Smithian event and the Smithian/Spathian boundary[J]. Earth Science Reviews,2019-01-01,195