Cool episode and platform demise in the Early Aptian: New insights on the links between climate and carbonate production

Bonin, Aurélie; Pucéat, Emmanuelle; Vennin, Emmanuelle; Mattioli, Emanuela; Aurell, Marc; Joachimski, Michael M.; Barbarin, Nicolas; Laffont, Rémi

doi:10.1002/2015pa002835

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“…The OAE1a interval is correlated as datum among all sections [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] 7 | EARLY APTIAN CARBONATE PLATFORM EVOLUTION The Cretaceous was a time of extensive development of carbonate platforms (Simó, Scott, & Masse, 1993). Particularly in the Early Aptian platforms were controlled by factors including sea-level, tectonic, climate, and paleoenvironmental changes (Bonin et al, 2015;Bover-Arnal et al, 2010;Castro et al, 2001;Huck et al, 2011;Lehmann et al, 1999;Mehay et al, 2009;Peropadre, Liesa, & Meléndez, 2013;Phelps et al, 2013;Röhl & Ogg, 1998;Skelton & Gili, 2012).…”

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“…The Cretaceous was a time of extensive development of carbonate platforms (Simó, Scott, & Masse, ). Particularly in the Early Aptian platforms were controlled by factors including sea‐level, tectonic, climate, and paleoenvironmental changes (Bonin et al, ; Bover‐Arnal et al, ; Castro et al, ; Huck et al, ; Lehmann et al, ; Mehay et al, ; Peropadre, Liesa, & Meléndez, ; Phelps et al, ; Röhl & Ogg, ; Skelton & Gili, ). Environmental changes include variations in rates of continental weathering‐siliciclastic input, climate change, marine oxygenation index, anoxic events, input of isotopically light carbon, volcanic activity, and marine currents (Erbacher, Huber, Norris, & Markey, ; Föllmi, ; Immenhauser, Hillgärtner, & Van Bentum, ; Larson, ; Leckie, Bralower, & Cashman, ; Skelton, ; Skelton & Gili, ).…”

Section: Early Aptian Carbonate Platform Evolutionmentioning

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The Early Aptian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of Mount Pagasarri (N Spain): Oceanic anoxic event‐1a

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Sedimentological, stratigraphical, palaeontological, and geochemical evidence from outcrops of the Early Aptian (Cretaceous) succession in Mount Pagasarri (northern Spain) dated by ammonites is described to elucidate the origin of organic carbon‐rich sediments and carbonate platforms in the Early Aptian of the northern margin of the Tethyan Ocean. A 1,600‐m‐thick section spans the latest Barremian to the end of the Early Aptian and is divided into 3 units: a lower marine nearshore, a middle rudist‐coral shallow‐water carbonate platform, and a deeper‐water outer shelf. Deshayesites oglanlensis, D. forbesi, D. deshayesi and Dufrenoyia furcata ammonite zones are represented. Three organic carbon‐rich intervals are recognised. The oldest (top Barremian) is correlated with the Taxy Level of France/Germany. A second organic layer in the lower part of the Deshayesites deshayesi Zone sediments correlates with the Selli Event of Italy. A third organic‐carbon enriched layer in the D. furcata Zone sediments post‐dates the Aparein Level of the Aralar area in Spain. Carbon isotope curves reveal a brief negative excursion followed by a more prolonged positive trend during the Early Aptian interpreted as oceanic anoxic event 1a (OAE1a). Three carbonate platform growth phases are recognised in the Basque‐Cantabrian Basin with OAE1a being developed between carbonate platform Phases 1 and 2. The Peñascal Limestones (late Early Aptian) represent carbonate platform Phase 3 of the Basque‐Cantabrian Basin succeeded by ammonite‐bearing marls of the latest Early Aptian, reflecting platform demise and subsequent marine flooding. The Mount Pagasarri area is a key locality for study of the oceanic anoxic events in the Greenhouse Earth of the Early Aptian.

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Section: Early Aptian Carbonate Platform Evolutionmentioning

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The Early Aptian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of Mount Pagasarri (N Spain): Oceanic anoxic event‐1a

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“…Some palaeoclimate data has indicated a global warming and increased precipitation during the late Aptian -early Albian in the Lusitanian Basin (e.g. Heimhofer et al 2012, Bonin et al 2016. This climate change could be one of the reasons for increased angiosperm abundance, and their eventual dominance (Coiffard et al 2012).…”

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Some Conifers from The Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian – Early Albian) of Catefica, Lusitanian Basin, Western Portugal

Mendes¹,

Dinis²,

Kvaček³

2018

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Abstract Several mesofossil floras discovered in the Early Cretaceous rocks from the Lusitanian Basin of western Portugal comprise numerous well-preserved conifer remains. Here we report the occurrence of four conifer types in the mesofossil flora from the Catefi ca locality, about 4 km south of Torres Vedras in the Estremadura region on the western Portuguese Basin. The specimens were recovered from rocks belonging to the Almargem Formation, interpreted to be of late Aptian - early Albian age. It includes three Cheirolepidiaceae genera Frenelopsis SCHENK, Pseudofrenelopsis NATH. and Watsoniocladus V.SRINIV., and one conifer twig of Pagiophyllum-type. These conifers, which co-occurred in the same depositional bed with a well-diversified early angiosperm assemblage including flowers, seeds, fruits and dispersed stamens with pollen in situ, provide new insights into Early Cretaceous palaeoecology.

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“…This widespread late early Aptian low-frequency regression has been linked to a glacio-eustatic event in some studies (e.g., Bover-Arnal et al, 2009;Husinec et al, 2012;Rameil et al, 2012;Maurer et al, 2013), and thus to a late early Aptian cooling episode (Solé de Porta and Salas, 1994;Hochuli et al, 1999;Steuber et al, 2005;Bover-Arnal et al, 2010;Skelton and Gili, 2012;Bottini et al, 2015;Cors et al, 2015;Bonin et al, 2016;Pascual-Cebrian et al, 2016). However, other water sequestration mechanisms such aquifer-eustasy or changes in the container capacity of the oceans (Immenhauser, 2005;Cloetingh and Haq, 2015;Sames et al, 2016; could have also partly governed these high-rank sea-level changes identified in Ulldecona.…”

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Geology of the ‘Sénia stone’ from Ulldecona, Catalonia (Aptian, Maestrat Basin, Iberian Chain) and its implications for regional stratigraphy

Bover‐Arnal

Salas

2019

Cretaceous Research

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The municipality of the town of Ulldecona (Catalonia) is notable for extensive quarrying activities, which exploit limestone, popularly named Stone from Ulldecona, for ornamental and building purposes. The Stone from Ulldecona, commercially known as Sénia stone, is one of the most important ornamental and building stones quarried in Catalonia, and is used worldwide in all kinds of public and private buildings. Little is known about the geological nature of this stratigraphic interval of commercial value. Therefore, this study explores the geology of the Stone from Ulldecona in open pit quarries and natural outcrops. The Stone from Ulldecona consists of limestones of upper lower Aptian age, including wackestone, packstone and grainstone textures containing peloids, miliolids, Palorbitolina lenticularis, Orbitolinopsis simplex, Paracoskinolina maynci, Lithocodium aggregatum, Choffatella decipiens, Salpingoporella muehlbergi, Chondrodonta, Toucasia carinata, Polyconites sp. and Mathesia darderi. These platform carbonates rich in orbitolinids and rudists belong to the Villarroya de los Pinares Formation of the Maestrat Basin. Locally, the limestones are highly bioturbated and/or dolomitized. Dolomitic limestones, calcitic dolostones and dolostones are stratabound tabular geobodies with thicknesses of up to 60 metres. Dolomitic limestones and calcitic dolostones corresponding to initial and intermediate stages of dolomitization mainly exhibit isolated euhedral dolomite crystals or idiotopic mosaics. Dolostones (advanced dolomitization stages) are sucrose, exhibit vacuolar and cave porosities, and are characterized by idiotopic and hypidiotopic mosaics, which indicate temperatures lower than 50-60ºC during dolomitization. Dolomite textures are mainly fabric-destructive and pervasive, but locally retentive and/or selective fabrics also occur. The limestones of the Villarroya de los Pinares Formation, the underlying marls of the Forcall Formation and the overlying marls and platform carbonates of the Benassal Formation examined can be arranged into two high-rank, low-frequency transgressive-regressive sequences. Similar coeval long-term transgressive-regressive trends have been reported from other 2 basins, indicating that eustatism largely controlled accommodation of the Aptian succession studied in Ulldecona.

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Cool episode and platform demise in the Early Aptian: New insights on the links between climate and carbonate production

Cited by 13 publications

References 67 publications

The Early Aptian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of Mount Pagasarri (N Spain): Oceanic anoxic event‐1a

The Early Aptian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of Mount Pagasarri (N Spain): Oceanic anoxic event‐1a

Some Conifers from The Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian – Early Albian) of Catefica, Lusitanian Basin, Western Portugal

Geology of the ‘Sénia stone’ from Ulldecona, Catalonia (Aptian, Maestrat Basin, Iberian Chain) and its implications for regional stratigraphy

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