Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989gecoa..53.2961h&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 53, Issue 11, pp.2961-2972
Computer Science
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Carbon-isotopic compositions of total carbonate, inoceramid carbonate, micritic carbonate, secondary cements, total organic carbon, and geoporphyrins have been measured in 76 different beds within a 17-m interval of a core through the Greenhorn Formation, an interbedded limestone and calcareous shale unit of Cretaceous age (Cenomanian-Turonian) from the Western Interior Seaway of North America. Results are considered in terms of variations in the processes of primary production (which led to the biosynthesis of the molecular precursors of the geoporphyrins) and in secondary processes (those mediating the transformation of primary organic material into sedimentary total organic carbon). It is shown that the porphyrin isotopic record reflects primary isotopic variations more closely than the TOC isotopic record, and that, in these sediments, TOC is enriched in 13 C relative to its primary precursor by 0.6 to 2.8%.. This enrichment is attributed to isotope effects within the consumer foodweb and is associated with respiratory heterotrophy. Variations in this secondary enrichment are correlated with variations in the isotopic composition of marine carbonate. This correlation is attributed to effects of environmental changes on the marine foodweb. These may have included increased atmospheric oxygen associated with the Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic event. The isotopic fractionation associated with fixation of carbon by primary producers is observed to have varied by 1.5%. during the interval of deposition. It is suggested that this change is due to a variation in the makeup of the community of primary producers and/or to a decrease in the atmospheric abundance of CO 2 during the oceanic anoxic event.
Hayes Jonathan M.
Johnson Marcus W.
Popp Brian N.
Takigiku Ray
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