Early Jurassic microbial mats—A potential response to reduced biotic activity in the aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction event
Peterffy, Olof ; Calner, Mikael LU
and Vajda, Vivi
LU
(2016)
In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
464.
p.76-85
- Abstract
Wrinkle structures are microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) formed by cyanobacteria and are common in pre-Cambrian and Cambrian siltstones and sandstones but are otherwise rare in the Phanerozoic geological record. This paper reports the first discovery of Mesozoic wrinkle structures from Sweden. These are preserved in fine-grained and organic-rich heterolithic strata of the Lower Jurassic (Hettangian) Höganäs Formation in Skåne, southern Sweden. The strata formed in a low-energy, shallow subtidal setting in the marginal parts of the Danish rift-basin. Palynological analyses of fine-grained sandstones hosting the wrinkle structures show that the local terrestrial environment probably consisted of a wetland hosting ferns,... (More)
Wrinkle structures are microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) formed by cyanobacteria and are common in pre-Cambrian and Cambrian siltstones and sandstones but are otherwise rare in the Phanerozoic geological record. This paper reports the first discovery of Mesozoic wrinkle structures from Sweden. These are preserved in fine-grained and organic-rich heterolithic strata of the Lower Jurassic (Hettangian) Höganäs Formation in Skåne, southern Sweden. The strata formed in a low-energy, shallow subtidal setting in the marginal parts of the Danish rift-basin. Palynological analyses of fine-grained sandstones hosting the wrinkle structures show that the local terrestrial environment probably consisted of a wetland hosting ferns, cypress and the extinct conifer family Cheirolepidaceae. Palynostratigraphy indicates a Hettangian age, still within the floral recovery phase following the end-Triassic mass extinction event. The finding of wrinkle structures is significant as the presence of microbial mats in the shallow subtidal zone, (in a deeper setting compared to where modern epibenthic microbial mats grow) suggests decreased benthic biodiversity and suppressed grazing in shallow marine environments in the early aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction event.
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- author
- Peterffy, Olof
; Calner, Mikael
LU
and Vajda, Vivi
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-12-15
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Cyanobacteria, Hettangian, Mass extinction, Microbial mat, Sweden, Wrinkle structures
- in
- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- volume
- 464
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84969909605
- wos:000389109600007
- ISSN
- 0031-0182
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.12.024
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 9b9832ba-31f6-4758-b7fb-cc3bbed200e0
- date added to LUP
- 2016-11-25 07:30:15
- date last changed
- 2024-04-05 09:30:33
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author = {{Peterffy, Olof and Calner, Mikael and Vajda, Vivi}},
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title = {{Early Jurassic microbial mats—A potential response to reduced biotic activity in the aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction event}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.12.024}},
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