期刊
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 507, 期 -, 页码 62-72出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.029
关键词
Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event; carbon isotope excursion; Hg anomalies; Hg isotopes; large igneous provinces; mass extinction
资金
- FSU Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship
- NOAA's Education Partnership with Minority-Serving Institutions [NA11SEC4810001]
- NSF [OCE 1434785]
- NASA Exobiology grant [NNX16AJ60G]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences through the Pioneer Hundred Talent Plan
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1157490]
- State of Florida
- NASA [902471, NNX16AJ60G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
This study evaluates the utility of sedimentary mercury (Hg) contents as a proxy for fingerprinting ancient massive volcanism, which is often associated with biogeochemical perturbations. Herein we present new Hg geochemical data from anoxic marine basins across the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE; similar to 183 Ma) as a test of the complex Hg cycle. The T-OAE was likely initiated by the main eruptive phase of the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province, which caused a subsequent cascade of environmental perturbations and resulting mass extinction. At present the leading interpretation of sedimentary Hg anomalies has been volcanogenic outgassing as the primary source. Our study and compilation results suggest, however, that Hg/TOC anomalies were restricted to shallow-water, and/or proximal environments, while deep-water, more distal depositional settings document no significant Hg-related anomalies. Furthermore, asynchronous stratigraphic deviations in Hg enrichments favor terrestrially sourced materials and local redox variability, rather than direct volcanogenic emissions, as a primary control mechanism. Additionally, Hg isotope signatures from our only study site documenting an Hg anomaly are also consistent with a terrestrial Hg origin during the T-OAE. Therefore, our results suggest that Hg anomalies in the geological record need to be re-evaluated as a smoking gun proxy that only infers volcanogenic inputs. Crown Copyright (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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