Stable isotopic and carbonate cyclicity in deep sea sediments from different DSDP Holes

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Main Authors: Thierstein, Hans R, Roth, Peter H
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author Thierstein, Hans R
Roth, Peter H
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Roth, Peter H
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contents Oxygen and carbon isotopic variability of the dominant (<38 µm) carbonate fraction within bedded, organic-carbon rich Lower Cretaceous sediment intervals from various DSDP sites are closely correlated with preservational changes in the carbonates. Isotopic fluctuations are absent where carbonate contents vary little and where the carbonate fraction is dominated by biogenic phytoplankton remains. Within each of the studied intervals oxygen and carbon isotopic ratios become increasingly more negative in samples with carbonate contents higher than about 60% in which the proportion of diagenetic microcarbonate increases rapidly. Carbon isotopic ratios show a trend towards positive values in samples with carbonate contents of less than 40% and strong signs of dissolution. The taxonomic composition of nannofossil assemblages varies little within single intervals, despite significant differential diagenesis among individual beds; this points towards ecological stability of oceanic surface waters during the deposition of alternating beds. Bedding is, however, closely related to changing bioturbation intensity, indicating repeated fluctuations of the deep-water renewal rates and oxygen supply. Various microbial decomposition processes of organic matter leading to bed-specific differential carbonate diagenesis resulted in an amplification of primary bedding features and are considered responsible for most of the observed fluctuations in the stable isotopic ratios and carbonate contents.
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spellingShingle Stable isotopic and carbonate cyclicity in deep sea sediments from different DSDP Holes
Thierstein, Hans R
Roth, Peter H
11-105; 36-327A; 40-364; 41-367; 43-387; 47-398D; 48-400A; 51-417D; 62-463; 62-465A; 62-466; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg11; Leg36; Leg40; Leg41; Leg43; Leg47; Leg48; Leg51; Leg62; North Atlantic/BASIN; North Atlantic/CONT RISE; North Atlantic/HILL; North Atlantic/SEAMOUNT; North Pacific/CONT RISE; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; South Atlantic/PLATEAU; South Atlantic/SYNCLINE
Oxygen and carbon isotopic variability of the dominant (<38 µm) carbonate fraction within bedded, organic-carbon rich Lower Cretaceous sediment intervals from various DSDP sites are closely correlated with preservational changes in the carbonates. Isotopic fluctuations are absent where carbonate contents vary little and where the carbonate fraction is dominated by biogenic phytoplankton remains. Within each of the studied intervals oxygen and carbon isotopic ratios become increasingly more negative in samples with carbonate contents higher than about 60% in which the proportion of diagenetic microcarbonate increases rapidly. Carbon isotopic ratios show a trend towards positive values in samples with carbonate contents of less than 40% and strong signs of dissolution. The taxonomic composition of nannofossil assemblages varies little within single intervals, despite significant differential diagenesis among individual beds; this points towards ecological stability of oceanic surface waters during the deposition of alternating beds. Bedding is, however, closely related to changing bioturbation intensity, indicating repeated fluctuations of the deep-water renewal rates and oxygen supply. Various microbial decomposition processes of organic matter leading to bed-specific differential carbonate diagenesis resulted in an amplification of primary bedding features and are considered responsible for most of the observed fluctuations in the stable isotopic ratios and carbonate contents.
title Stable isotopic and carbonate cyclicity in deep sea sediments from different DSDP Holes
topic 11-105; 36-327A; 40-364; 41-367; 43-387; 47-398D; 48-400A; 51-417D; 62-463; 62-465A; 62-466; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; Leg11; Leg36; Leg40; Leg41; Leg43; Leg47; Leg48; Leg51; Leg62; North Atlantic/BASIN; North Atlantic/CONT RISE; North Atlantic/HILL; North Atlantic/SEAMOUNT; North Pacific/CONT RISE; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; South Atlantic/PLATEAU; South Atlantic/SYNCLINE
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.760692