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High stress late Maastrichtian – early Danian palaeoenvironment in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Auteur(s)
Keller, Gerta
Adatte, Thierry 
Centre d'hydrogéologie et de géothermie 
Tantawy, Abdel A.
Berner, Zsolt
Stinnesbeck, W.
Stueben, Doris
Leanza, H. A.
Date de parution
2007
In
Cretaceous Research, Elsevier, 2007/28/6/939-960
Mots-clés
  • Argentina
  • Maastrichtian
  • K/T
  • Paleoenvironment
  • Argentina

  • Maastrichtian

  • K/T

  • Paleoenvironment

Résumé
During the late Maastrichtian to early Danian the Neuquén Basin of Argentina was adjacent to an active volcanic arc to the west and an extensive land area to the northeast. Mineralogical and geochemical studies of the Bajada del Jagüel in the Neuquén Basin indicate a generally warm climate with seasonal changes in humidity and an open seaway to the South Atlantic that maintained marine conditions. Biostratigraphic and quantitative foraminiferal and nannofossil analyses indicate that sediment deposition during the late Maastrichtian (zones CF4-CF2, <i>N. frequens</i>) occurred in relatively shallow middle neritic (~100 m) depths with largely dysaerobic bottom waters (abundant low O<sub>2</sub> tolerant benthics) and fluctuating sea level. Calcareous nannofossils indicate a high stress marine environment dominated by <i>Micula decussata</i>. Planktic foraminifera mimic the post-K/T high stress environment with alternating blooms of the disaster opportunists <i>Guembelitria</i> and low oxygen tolerant <i>Heterohelix</i> groups, indicating nutrient-rich surface waters and an oxygen depleted water column. The high stress conditions were probably driven by high nutrient influx due to upwelling and terrestrial and volcanic influx. The K/T boundary is marked by an erosional surface that marks a hiatus at the base of a 15-25 cm thick volcaniclastic sandstone, which contains diverse planktic foraminiferal zone P1c assemblages and nannofossils of zone NP1b immediately above it. This indicates deposition of the sandstone occurred ~500 ky after the K/T hiatus. No evidence of the Chicxulub impact or related tsunami deposition was detected.
Identifiants
https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/16367
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10.1016/j.cretres.2007.01.006
Type de publication
journal article
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 main article: Keller_G._-_High_stress_late_Maastrichtian_20080725.pdf (3.97 MB)
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