Metal precipitation in the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary clay at Stevns Klint, Denmark

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Clays, Geochemistry, Iridium, Metals, Precipitation (Chemistry), Stratigraphy, Abundance, Asteroids, Denmark, Impact, Pyrites, Spheroids

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The theory that enrichment of the Fish Clay in Denmark occurs by the precipitation of metals at a geochemical barrier is proposed. The compositions of the layers of the Fish Clay are described, and a table of the elemental concentrations in the Fish Clay is provided. Data supporting the precipitation of elements as sulfides at the redoxcline include: (1) the chalcophile element abundance pattern in the Fish Clay; (2) the precipitation of metals at the anoxic-oxic boundary; and (3) the large amount of small pyrite spheroids at the redoxcline. A precipitation model depicting the process of elemental enrichment in the Fish Clay, based on metal-bearing pore solutions losing their metals by precipitation upon passing the boundary between the oxic Cretaceous chalk and the overlying anoxic and hydrogen sulfide-rich Fish Clay, is examined.

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