Variation in stable carbon isotopes in organic matter from the Gunflint Iron Formation

Details Variation in stable carbon isotopes in organic matter from the Gunflint Iron Formation Variation in stable carbon isotopes in organic matter from the Gunflint Iron Formation

Mar 1977

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 41, Issue 3, pp.425-428

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In order to examine possible variations in organic carbon isotopic ratios within a single Precambrian formation, the kerogen separated from 15 samples of the approximately 2000 m.y. old Gunflint Iron Formation and the conformably overlying Rove Formation, representing a wide range of lithologies and geographic localities, was isotopically analyzed. From the resulting data, four conclusions can be drawn: 1. (1) 13 C values of the shallow water algal chert facies are significantly more negative (-25 to -30%.) than those of the deeper water chert-carbonate and taconite facies (-15 to - 20%). Comparative data for modern marine algal mats shows a range of 13 C values from -8.4 to -19%. PDB. Values obtained for fresh water mats were slightly more negative. 2. (2) These differences in isotopic ratios can be correlated with similar differences in preserved microbiotas. 3. (3) Anthraxolite lenses are depleted in 13 C relative to the reduced carbon in surrounding sediments. 4. (4) The effect of Keweenawan diabase intrusions upon the carbon isotopic composition is pronounced, but limited to the immediate vicinity of the contact.

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