Anoxic oceanic conditions during the late Permian mass extinction-evidence from the Chutani formation, BoliviaShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, ISSN 0895-9811, E-ISSN 1873-0647, Vol. 103, article id 102693Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We analyze diagenesis of carbonate rocks from the Late Permian Chutani Formation of western Bolivia (San Pablo de Tiquina section) in the southern Lake Titicaca zone, which is a sedimentary succession of semiarid tidal flat comprised of mixed carbonate and siliciclastic units. The diagenetic study includes petrographic analysis (conventional petrography and cathodoluminescence) and geochemical analysis (carbon and oxygen isotopes and minor element chemistry). An integrated study of lithofacies and isotope stratigraphy of carbonates shows a succession of five types of depositional environments: tidal barrier, tidal flat, shoal coastal and shoreface. The Chutani Formation was subjected to different diagenetic processes including micritization, cementation, mechanical compaction, dissolution, neomorphism, dolomitization and dedolomitization that occurred during marine to shallow burial stages. Carbon isotope (δ13C) values range between −7 and 2.9‰ (VPDB) with variations linked to stratigraphic changes. The transgressive stage of the basin exhibits an upwards decreasing trend of δ13C values whereas regression is marked by an increase in such values. The oxygen isotope values (δ18O) vary from −16.6 to −1‰ VPDB with lighter values towards the top of the stratigraphy. The transgressive trend may reflect mixing of meteoric water and/or volcanic-hydrothermal fluids with seawater or progressive oxygenation with enhanced circulation conditions. Heavier values during regression may reflect more evaporitic and anoxic conditions towards the Permian-Triassic boundary. Significant variation in isotope values among neighbouring samples is observed, especially during trangression, which may be the result of different diagenetic processes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 103, article id 102693
Keywords [en]
Carbon isotopes, Oxygen isotopes, Permian-triassic boundary, mass extinction
National Category
Geology
Research subject
Ore Geology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80111DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102693ISI: 000572376800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85088272163OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-80111DiVA, id: diva2:1449623
Note
Validerad;2020;Nivå 2;2020-08-18 (johcin)
2020-06-302020-06-302020-10-12Bibliographically approved