Journal
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume 461, Issue -, Pages 65-76Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.08.008
Keywords
Stable carbon isotopes; Trace elements; Paleoredox conditions
Funding
- CSIRO, Mineral Resources
- Science and Industry Endowment Fund
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The Cambrian Drumian carbon isotope excursion (DICE) event is a negative carbon isotope (delta C-13) excursion. It is associated with the first appearance datum (FAD) of the agnostoid arthropod Ptychagnostus atavus, whose first appearance in the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) defines the base of the Cambrian Series 3 Drumian Stage. Although this isotopic event has been clearly identified in the Great Basin, USA, it has not been consistently reported in other areas of the world. Here, we report a study integrating isotopic and geochemical data from middle Cambrian (Series 3) sections from the northeastern Georgina Basin, Australia, to investigate the occurrence of the DICE event in Australia and the paleoenvironmental conditions associated with this event. The similarity between the isotopic excursions observed in the Georgina Basin (-2 parts per thousand. to -3.2 parts per thousand delta C-13 excursion) and that observed in the Great Basin (-2 parts per thousand. to -3.6 parts per thousand delta C-13 excursion) highlighted the presence of the DICE in Australia and emphasized the potential use of this event for refining global isotopic correlations. The multi-proxy correlation used in this study also showed a pulse of euxinia in association with the DICE, suggesting strongly euxinic conditions near the base of the Drumian Stage. Crown Copyright (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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