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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.025
论文题名:
Reconstructing the paleohydrology of a cretaceous Alaskan paleopolar coastal plain from stable isotopes of bivalves
作者: Suarez C.A.; Flaig P.P.; Ludvigson G.A.; González L.A.; Tian R.; Zhou H.; McCarthy P.J.; Van der Kolk D.A.; Fiorillo A.R.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2016
卷: 441
起始页码: 339
结束页码: 351
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Geochemistry ; High-latitude ; Paleontology ; Terrestrial ecosystem ; X-ray diffraction
英文摘要: As global mean annual temperatures continue to rise, modern Arctic climates are changing at an incredibly fast rate. To predict changing climate dynamics, a number of researchers have been focused on characterizing Arctic climate from ancient greenhouse worlds such as the Cretaceous and Eocene. Characterization of these climates requires analysis of a variety of proxy materials. Here we use bivalve shells, identified as Nucula aff. Nucula percrassa Conrad, from the Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) Prince Creek Formation in combination with isotope data from previous lithologic and isotopic studies to characterize a cool-house Cretaceous climate bounded by greenhouse climates (mid-Cretaceous thermal maximum and Late Paleocene climate). Bivalves were analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), cathodoluminescence (CL), and thin section petrography to determine mineralogy and integrity of shells. PXRD analysis indicates that shells are composed of primary aragonite and not secondary calcite. Thin section and CL images reveal well preserved shell morphology including daily growth lines, and no luminescent patches or coarsening of crystal sizes to indicate diagenetic alteration/recrystallization. Aragonite carbon isotopic composition (δ13Carag) range from +0.45‰ to -3.00‰ VPDB and average -1.58‰. Aragonite oxygen isotopic composition (δ18Oarag) range from -10.48‰ to -15.42‰ VPDB and average -12.83‰. Using temperatures from 4.5°C to 12.5°C, the salinity-δ18Owater relationship of a modern Arctic setting from Torres et al. (2011), and the water-aragonite equation of Grossman and Ku (1986) reveal salinity ranges between 8 and 17.7ppt. Using these salinity ranges and temperatures, N. percrassa precipitated shell aragonite from water that ranged between δ18Owater=-14.41‰ VSMOW (at 12.5°C) and -16.23‰ (at 4.5°C). Shell growth was in equilibrium with water that represents a coastal, mixed water setting such as an estuary. When combined with previous studies, the mixture of fresh:marine water represents a 50%:50% to 72%:28% mixture and ranged between -14.41‰ and -16.23‰ during spring to summer months. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/68670
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作者单位: Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Building 130, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX, United States; Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave., Lawrence, KS, United States; Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, United States; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, 119 Chemistry Building, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Reichardt, 900 Yukon Dr. P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK, United States; Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201N. Field Street, Dallas, TX, United States

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Suarez C.A.,Flaig P.P.,Ludvigson G.A.,et al. Reconstructing the paleohydrology of a cretaceous Alaskan paleopolar coastal plain from stable isotopes of bivalves[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2016-01-01,441
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