A high-resolution chemostratigraphy of post-Marinoan Cap Carbonate using drill core samples in the Three Gorges area, South China  

作　　者：Hisatoshi Sato Miyuki Tahata Yusuke Sawaki Shigenori Maruyama Naohiro Yoshida Degan Shu Jian Han Yong Li Tsuyoshi Komiya 

机构地区：[1]Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology [2]Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology [3]Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology [4]Department of Geology and Key Laboratory for Continental Dynamics, Northwest University [5]School of Earth Sciences and Resources Management, Chang’an University [6]Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, The University of Tokyo

出　　处：《Geoscience Frontiers》2016年第4期663-671,共9页地学前缘（英文版）

基　　金：partly supported by grants"Multi-step evolution of multicellular animals(No.23340152)";"Toward establishment of chemical paleontology(No.23654176)";the Global COE Program"From the Earth to‘Earths’"from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology,Japan;supported by a grant from the Mitsubishi Foundation(T.K.).Each is gratefully acknowledged

摘　　要：Cap Carbonates overlie the Marinoan Snowball Earth-related glacial diamictite, and possibly record the drastic surface environmental change and biological evolution after the Snowball Earth. We conducted on-land drilling from the Liantuo Formation, through the Nantuo, to the lower Doushantuo Formation in the Three Gorges area of South China to collect fresh, continuous samples in the Three Gorges area. We obtained high-resolution chemostratigraphies of ~13C and 6180 values of carbonates from the topmost part of the Nantuo Formation to the Cap Carbonate, in order to decode the detailed surface environmental change in the shallow marine setting. The δ3C chemostratigraphy possesses some unique characteristics： （1） stable δ13C values as a whole, but ubiquitous low δ13C anomalies through the Cap Carbonate, （2） increase of the δ13C values from -3 to ＋5‰ across the C2/C3 boundary, （3） no δ13C anomaly between the CI and C2 boundary, and （4） presence of an anomalous high δ13C value （＋2.3%0） and a faint positive correlation between δ13C and δ18O values in the C1 unit. Evidence of quite low δ13C anomalies （with a nadir of -41‰）, ubiquitous negative δ13C anomalies through the Cap Carbonate, and a high 613C anomaly accompanied with a faint positive correlation between δ13C and δ18O values in the C1 unit supports decomposition and formation of methane hydrate during Cap Carbonate formation. The drastic increase of δ13C values from the upper C2 to C3 units in- dicates enhancement of primary productivity and organic carbon burial, possibly due to high continental fluxes after the Snowball Earth event, evidenced by high Sr isotope values. The increase is restricted to the proximal side of the inner shelf in South China, and the timing of the increase of δ13C values of carbonates is earlier at Three Gorges area than any other area, suggesting that the enhancement of primary productivity started in the proximal environment because of higher continental influxes. The increase in oxygeCap Carbonates overlie the Marinoan Snowball Earth-related glacial diamictite, and possibly record the drastic surface environmental change and biological evolution after the Snowball Earth. We conducted on-land drilling from the Liantuo Formation, through the Nantuo, to the lower Doushantuo Formation in the Three Gorges area of South China to collect fresh, continuous samples in the Three Gorges area. We obtained high-resolution chemostratigraphies of ~13C and 6180 values of carbonates from the topmost part of the Nantuo Formation to the Cap Carbonate, in order to decode the detailed surface environmental change in the shallow marine setting. The δ3C chemostratigraphy possesses some unique characteristics： （1） stable δ13C values as a whole, but ubiquitous low δ13C anomalies through the Cap Carbonate, （2） increase of the δ13C values from -3 to ＋5‰ across the C2/C3 boundary, （3） no δ13C anomaly between the CI and C2 boundary, and （4） presence of an anomalous high δ13C value （＋2.3%0） and a faint positive correlation between δ13C and δ18O values in the C1 unit. Evidence of quite low δ13C anomalies （with a nadir of -41‰）, ubiquitous negative δ13C anomalies through the Cap Carbonate, and a high 613C anomaly accompanied with a faint positive correlation between δ13C and δ18O values in the C1 unit supports decomposition and formation of methane hydrate during Cap Carbonate formation. The drastic increase of δ13C values from the upper C2 to C3 units in- dicates enhancement of primary productivity and organic carbon burial, possibly due to high continental fluxes after the Snowball Earth event, evidenced by high Sr isotope values. The increase is restricted to the proximal side of the inner shelf in South China, and the timing of the increase of δ13C values of carbonates is earlier at Three Gorges area than any other area, suggesting that the enhancement of primary productivity started in the proximal environment because of higher continental influxes. The increase in oxyge

关 键 词：Cap Carbonate EDIACARAN Marinoan Snowball Earth Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy Methane hydrate 

分 类 号：P539.7[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]