期刊
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
卷 532, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109273
关键词
Cyclostratigraphy; Neoproterozoic; 405-kyr long-eccentricity; Carbon cycle; Jiulongwan section
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41772029]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B14031, B08030]
- Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hubei Province of China [2016CFA051]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) [CUGCJ1703, CUGQYZX1705]
The Ediacaran Period (635-541 Ma) of the Neoproterozoic records the advent of multi-cellular life on Earth. The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (DST Fm) contains records of some phases of this bio-evolution and profound perturbations to the global carbon cycle, but the timing and the duration of these events are still unclear. The Jiulongwan (JLW) roadcut in South China is a well-studied reference section for these Ediacaran events, including the major EN3 (Shuram/Wonoka) negative carbon-isotope excursion. Spectral analysis of geochemical data through the middle-upper DST Fm indicates that the sedimentary cycles correspond to 405-kyr long-eccentricity and similar to 100 kyr short-eccentricity periods. Tuning the DST Fm at JLW section to the 405-kyr long eccentricity cycles yielded a similar to 30 Myr-long astronomical time scale. Member DST-4 (black shale) of the uppermost DST Fm spans 7.5 Myr and the negative delta C-13 excursion (EN3/Shuram/Wonoka) has a duration of similar to 20 Myr. Relative to a U-Pb date of 551.1 +/- 0.7 Ma near the top of the DST Fm, the onset of Member DST-4 is at 557.8 +/- 0.8 Ma, and the projected basal age of Member DST-3 is 579.3 +/- 0.8 Ma. The onsets of positive EP2 and negative EN3 delta C-13 excursions were ca. 578.1 Ma and 571.1 Ma, respectively; therefore, both excursions occurred after the termination of the Gaskiers glaciation (similar to 581 Ma). Thereby, these ages and astronomical time scale provide important new constraints on the subdivision of Ediacaran strata, and have implications for our understanding the character of the delta C-13 excursions. Orbital forcing may be important to the co-evolution of life, the global carbon cycle and sedimentary environments.
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