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author Pasquier, Virgil
Revillon, Sidonie
Leroux, Estelle
Molliex, Stéphane
Moccochain, Ludovic
Rabineau, Marina
author_facet Pasquier, Virgil
Revillon, Sidonie
Leroux, Estelle
Molliex, Stéphane
Moccochain, Ludovic
Rabineau, Marina
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The terrigenous sedimentary budget of passive margin records variations in past sedimentary fluxes, and thus can be used to infer past variations of Earth surface deformation processes, or climate change. Accurate estimates of sediment fluxes over various times scale and space-scale are therefore crucial. Traditionally, offshore sediment sequence volumes take into account only siliciclastic accumulation, the carbonate fraction being considered only as in-situ production (i.e. CaCO3). Here we propose a new geochemical methodology to decipher and quantify the amount of detrital carbonates in comparison to in-situ produced biogenic carbonates. This isotopic approach enables taking into account the export of detrital carbonates, and investigating its effect on sediment budgets. This study, located in the Gulf of Lion, is based on a 300 m long sediment borehole located near the shelf break and covering the last 500 000 years (i.e. 5 glacial-interglacial periods). 86Sr/87Sr isotopic data (0.70809 to 0.70858) are significantly less radiogenic than modern seawater (i.e. 0.7092) and show fluctuations in agreement with stratigraphic and climatic variations. These results suggest an unsuspected high export of detrital carbonates from the catchment area during both glacial (between 55 to 85% of the sedimentary carbonate fraction) and interglacial (between 30 to 50%) conditions. Thus, not only do detrital carbonate fluxes need to be factored into sediment flux calculations, these results suggest that detrital carbonate components could potentially have a strong influence on carbonate 86Sr/87Sr ratios when not obtained from microdrilled biogenic carbonates, such as the entirety of the Precambrian Sr chemostratigraphic record.
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spellingShingle Depth, estimated age, and associated geochemical information from sediment core PRGL 1-4
Pasquier, Virgil
Revillon, Sidonie
Leroux, Estelle
Molliex, Stéphane
Moccochain, Ludovic
Rabineau, Marina
86Sr/87Sr carbonate; AGE; Aluminium; Barium; Bavenit; Calcium; Calcium carbonate; CDRILL; Core drilling; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Detrital carbonate export; Event label; Glacial – Interglacial; Golf of Lion; Laser ablation multicollector - ICP-MS (LA-MC-ICP-MS); Magnesium; Potassium; PRGL_1-4; Profiles across Mediterranean Sedimentary Systems; PROMESS; PROMESS1; Sample material; Sodium; Source to sink; Strontium; Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio; Strontium isotope stratigraphy
The terrigenous sedimentary budget of passive margin records variations in past sedimentary fluxes, and thus can be used to infer past variations of Earth surface deformation processes, or climate change. Accurate estimates of sediment fluxes over various times scale and space-scale are therefore crucial. Traditionally, offshore sediment sequence volumes take into account only siliciclastic accumulation, the carbonate fraction being considered only as in-situ production (i.e. CaCO3). Here we propose a new geochemical methodology to decipher and quantify the amount of detrital carbonates in comparison to in-situ produced biogenic carbonates. This isotopic approach enables taking into account the export of detrital carbonates, and investigating its effect on sediment budgets. This study, located in the Gulf of Lion, is based on a 300 m long sediment borehole located near the shelf break and covering the last 500 000 years (i.e. 5 glacial-interglacial periods). 86Sr/87Sr isotopic data (0.70809 to 0.70858) are significantly less radiogenic than modern seawater (i.e. 0.7092) and show fluctuations in agreement with stratigraphic and climatic variations. These results suggest an unsuspected high export of detrital carbonates from the catchment area during both glacial (between 55 to 85% of the sedimentary carbonate fraction) and interglacial (between 30 to 50%) conditions. Thus, not only do detrital carbonate fluxes need to be factored into sediment flux calculations, these results suggest that detrital carbonate components could potentially have a strong influence on carbonate 86Sr/87Sr ratios when not obtained from microdrilled biogenic carbonates, such as the entirety of the Precambrian Sr chemostratigraphic record.
title Depth, estimated age, and associated geochemical information from sediment core PRGL 1-4
topic 86Sr/87Sr carbonate; AGE; Aluminium; Barium; Bavenit; Calcium; Calcium carbonate; CDRILL; Core drilling; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Detrital carbonate export; Event label; Glacial – Interglacial; Golf of Lion; Laser ablation multicollector - ICP-MS (LA-MC-ICP-MS); Magnesium; Potassium; PRGL_1-4; Profiles across Mediterranean Sedimentary Systems; PROMESS; PROMESS1; Sample material; Sodium; Source to sink; Strontium; Strontium-87/Strontium-86 ratio; Strontium isotope stratigraphy
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902768