Rare earth elements and stable isotope geochemistry (δ13C and δ18O) of phosphorite deposits in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia

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作者
Ounis, Anouar [1 ,3 ]
Kocsis, Laszlo [2 ]
Chaabani, Fredj [1 ]
Pfeifer, Hans-Rudolf [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tunis El Manar, Fac Sci Tunis, Lab Ressources Minerales & Environm, Tunis, Tunisia
[2] Univ Lausanne, Fac Geosci & Environm, Inst Mineral & Geochim, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] Univ Lausanne, Fac Geosci & Environm, Ctr Anal Minerale, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
关键词
Paleocene-Eocene boundary; REE; Stable isotope; Phosphorite; Shark teeth; Tunisia;
D O I
10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.005
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Rare earth elements (REE) and stable isotope compositions (delta C-13 and delta O-18) of shark teeth and phosphatic coprolites were analyzed from the Lower Maastrichtian layers of the El Haria Formation and two sequences of the Paleocene-Eocene (P/E) Chouabine Formation in the Gafsa Basin (south western of Tunisia) in order to trace the sedimentological, climatic and oceanographic conditions. The REE chemistry and their distribution in the two archives are the same for each of the studied layers indicating that the coprolites and shark teeth experienced the same early diagenetic environments. However major differences occur between the Maastrichtian and the P/E reflecting changes in the depositional conditions. The Early Maastrichtian burial environment tended to be more anoxic with REE derived from reduced FeO. While in the P/E the REE patterns mimic the modern oxic-suboxic seawater, the REE source from remineralisation of organic coating could have more significance. The oxygen isotope compositions of the structural phosphates (delta O-18(PO4)) indicate a stable and warm climate during both studied time intervals. A small offset (-0.4 parts per thousand) in the delta O-18 value between the coprolites and shark teeth show minor thermal gradient between bottom and surface water. The pronounced negative shift of 34%. in delta C-13 values recorded in the upper part of the Chouabine Formation was ascribed to the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. At the same time the lack of negative change in the delta O-18 is explained by the semi-closed situation of the Gafsa Basin, which situation also played an important role in the evolution of the organic matters in the sediment resulting in the exceptional low delta C-13 values. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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