Geochemical analyses from the Caravaca K/T boundary section, Spain
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| author | Kaiho, Kunio Kajiwara, Yoshimichi Tazaki, Kazue Ueshima, Masato Takeda, Nobuyori Kawahata, Hodaka Arinobu, Tetsuya Ishiwatari, Ryoshi Hirai, Akio Lamolda, Marcos A |
| author_facet | Kaiho, Kunio Kajiwara, Yoshimichi Tazaki, Kazue Ueshima, Masato Takeda, Nobuyori Kawahata, Hodaka Arinobu, Tetsuya Ishiwatari, Ryoshi Hirai, Akio Lamolda, Marcos A |
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| contents | Thirty-six different geochemical and foraminiferal analyses were conducted on samples collected at closely spaced intervals across the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary exposed at Caravaca, Spain. A rapid reduction in the gradient between d13C values in fine fraction carbonate and benthic foraminiferal calcite and a decrease in the abundance of phosphorus (a proxy for organic carbon) and calcium were recorded in sediments 0-0.5 cm above the K/T boundary. These trends imply that an abrupt mass mortality occurred among pelagic organisms, leading to a significant reduction in the flux of organic carbon to the seafloor. In addition, variations in sulfur isotope ratios, the hydrocarbon-generating potential of kerogen (measured as the hydrogen index), and foraminiferal indices of dissolved oxygen level all imply that a rapid decrease in dissolved oxygen was coincident with the d13C event. Evidence of the low oxygen event has also been recognized in Japan and New Zealand, suggesting that intermediate water oxygen minima were widely developed during earliest Danian time. A threefold increase in the kaolinite/illite ratio and a 1.2 per mill decrease in d18O (carbonate fine fraction) were recorded in the basal 0.1-2 cm of Danian age sediments. These trends suggest that atmospheric warming and an increase in surface water temperature occurred 0-3 kyr after the d13C event. Recovery in the difference between d13C values in the carbonate fine fraction and in benthic foraminiferal calcite as well as increases in phosphorus and calcium contents occur at the base of planktonic foraminiferal Zone Pla, implying that an increase in primary productivity commenced some 13 kyr after the K/T boundary. |
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| spellingShingle | Geochemical analyses from the Caravaca K/T boundary section, Spain Kaiho, Kunio Kajiwara, Yoshimichi Tazaki, Kazue Ueshima, Masato Takeda, Nobuyori Kawahata, Hodaka Arinobu, Tetsuya Ishiwatari, Ryoshi Hirai, Akio Lamolda, Marcos A Barranco_del_Gredero; Spain Thirty-six different geochemical and foraminiferal analyses were conducted on samples collected at closely spaced intervals across the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary exposed at Caravaca, Spain. A rapid reduction in the gradient between d13C values in fine fraction carbonate and benthic foraminiferal calcite and a decrease in the abundance of phosphorus (a proxy for organic carbon) and calcium were recorded in sediments 0-0.5 cm above the K/T boundary. These trends imply that an abrupt mass mortality occurred among pelagic organisms, leading to a significant reduction in the flux of organic carbon to the seafloor. In addition, variations in sulfur isotope ratios, the hydrocarbon-generating potential of kerogen (measured as the hydrogen index), and foraminiferal indices of dissolved oxygen level all imply that a rapid decrease in dissolved oxygen was coincident with the d13C event. Evidence of the low oxygen event has also been recognized in Japan and New Zealand, suggesting that intermediate water oxygen minima were widely developed during earliest Danian time. A threefold increase in the kaolinite/illite ratio and a 1.2 per mill decrease in d18O (carbonate fine fraction) were recorded in the basal 0.1-2 cm of Danian age sediments. These trends suggest that atmospheric warming and an increase in surface water temperature occurred 0-3 kyr after the d13C event. Recovery in the difference between d13C values in the carbonate fine fraction and in benthic foraminiferal calcite as well as increases in phosphorus and calcium contents occur at the base of planktonic foraminiferal Zone Pla, implying that an increase in primary productivity commenced some 13 kyr after the K/T boundary. |
| title | Geochemical analyses from the Caravaca K/T boundary section, Spain |
| topic | Barranco_del_Gredero; Spain |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738548 |