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Using ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr Ratios to Date Fossil Methane Seep Deposits: Methodological Requirements and an Example from the Great Valley Group, California

Kiel, Steffen ; Hansen, Christian ; Nitzsche, Kai Nils ; Hansen, Bent T. (2014)
Using ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr Ratios to Date Fossil Methane Seep Deposits: Methodological Requirements and an Example from the Great Valley Group, California.
In: The Journal of Geology, 122 (4)
doi: 10.1086/676594
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Methane seep carbonates preserve information about the history of methane seepage and of the fauna inhabiting these ecosystems. For this information to be useful, a reliable determination of the carbonates’ stratigraphic ages is required, but this is not always available. Here we investigate the using strontium isotope stratigraphy to date fossil methane seep carbonates via detailed petrographic and geochemical investigation of the different carbonate phases in biostratigraphically well-dated seep carbonates of Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic age. The best results are obtained from banded, botryoidal rim cements from carbonate phases showing a weak or no cathodoluminescence signal, an oxygen isotope signature close to that of seawater, and the lowest Mn concentrations. We then applied the method to a presumably late Jurassic seep carbonate from the Great Valley Group in California. Strontium isotope ratios of the least diagenetically altered carbonate phases indicate a Tithonian (late Jurassic) age for this seep site, which is in conflict with a recent study that suggested the absence of Jurassic strata from the Great Valley Group.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2014
Autor(en): Kiel, Steffen ; Hansen, Christian ; Nitzsche, Kai Nils ; Hansen, Bent T.
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Using ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr Ratios to Date Fossil Methane Seep Deposits: Methodological Requirements and an Example from the Great Valley Group, California
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2014
Ort: Darmstadt
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: The Journal of Geology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 122
(Heft-)Nummer: 4
DOI: 10.1086/676594
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Methane seep carbonates preserve information about the history of methane seepage and of the fauna inhabiting these ecosystems. For this information to be useful, a reliable determination of the carbonates’ stratigraphic ages is required, but this is not always available. Here we investigate the using strontium isotope stratigraphy to date fossil methane seep carbonates via detailed petrographic and geochemical investigation of the different carbonate phases in biostratigraphically well-dated seep carbonates of Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic age. The best results are obtained from banded, botryoidal rim cements from carbonate phases showing a weak or no cathodoluminescence signal, an oxygen isotope signature close to that of seawater, and the lowest Mn concentrations. We then applied the method to a presumably late Jurassic seep carbonate from the Great Valley Group in California. Strontium isotope ratios of the least diagenetically altered carbonate phases indicate a Tithonian (late Jurassic) age for this seep site, which is in conflict with a recent study that suggested the absence of Jurassic strata from the Great Valley Group.

Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften > Fachgebiet Bodenmineralogie und Bodenchemie
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