New evidence for a long Rhaetian from a Panthalassan succession (Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) and regional differences in carbon cycle perturbations at the Triassic-Jurassic transition
New evidence for a long Rhaetian from a Panthalassan succession (Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) and regional differences in carbon cycle perturbations at the Triassic-Jurassic transition
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来自 Panthalassan 序列(阿拉斯加兰格尔山脉)的长雷蒂亚的新证据以及三叠纪-侏罗纪过渡时期碳循环扰动的区域差异
DOI:
10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117262
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Caruthers, A.H.
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作者:
Caruthers, A.H.
The end-Triassic mass extinction is one of the big five extinction events in Phanerozoic Earth history. It is linked with the emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province and a host of interconnected environmental and climatic responses that caused profound deterioration of terrestrial and marine biospheres. Current understanding, however, is hampered by (i) a geographically limited set of localities and data;(ii) incomplete stratigraphic records caused by low relative sea-level in European sections during the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic; and (iii) major discrepancies in the estimated duration of the latest Triassic Rhaetian that limit spatiotemporal evaluation of climatic and biotic responses locally and globally. Here, we investigate the Late Triassic–Early Jurassic time interval from a stratigraphically well-preserved sedimentary succession deposited in tropical oceanic Panthalassa. We present diverse new data from the lower McCarthy Formation exposed at Grotto Creek (Wrangell Mountains, southern Alaska), including ammonoid, bivalve, hydrozoan, and conodont biostratigraphy; organic carbon isotope (δ 13 C org) stratigraphy; and CA-ID TIMS zircon U–Pb dates. These data are consistent with a Norian-Rhaetian Boundary (NRB) of∼ 209 Ma, providing new evidence to support a long duration of the Rhaetian. They also constrain the Triassic-Jurassic boundary (TJB) to a∼ 6 m interval in the section. Our TJB δ 13 C org record from Grotto Creek, in conjunction with previous data, demonstrates consistent features that not only appear correlative on a global scale but also shows local heterogeneities compared to some Tethyan records. Notably, smaller excursions within a large negative carbon isotope excursion [NCIE] known from Tethyan localities are absent in Panthalassan records. This new comparative isotopic record becomes useful for (i) distinguishing regional overprinting of the global signal;(ii) raising questions about the ubiquity of smaller-scale NCIEs across the TJB; and (iii) highlighting the largely unresolved regional vs. global scale of some presumed carbon cycle perturbations. These paleontological and geochemical data establish the Grotto Creek section as an important Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic succession due to its paleogeographic position and complete marine record. Our record represents the best documentation of the NRB and TJB intervals from Wrangellia, and likely the entire North American Cordillera.
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