First record of the Hirnantian (Upper Ordovician) delta C-13 excursion in the North American Midcontinent and its regional implications
(2006) In Geological Magazine 143(5). p.657-678- Abstract
- The most prominent of the two major global delta C-13 excursions in the Ordovician, the Hirnantian delta C-13 excursion (HICE), which is previously recorded from the uppermost Ordovician in a few sections in Nevada, Quebec, Arctic Canada, Baltoscandia, Scotland and China, is documented for the first time from the North American Midcontinent. Samples through the Girardeau Limestone and Leemon Formation in Missouri and Illinois show elevated delta C-13 values of + 4 parts per thousand to + 5 parts per thousand. Although not determined precisely, the beginning of the HICE is likely to be in the upper part of the Orchard Creek Shale, and it ends in the upper Leemon Formation. Being extraordinarily useful chronostratigraphically, the presence... (More)
- The most prominent of the two major global delta C-13 excursions in the Ordovician, the Hirnantian delta C-13 excursion (HICE), which is previously recorded from the uppermost Ordovician in a few sections in Nevada, Quebec, Arctic Canada, Baltoscandia, Scotland and China, is documented for the first time from the North American Midcontinent. Samples through the Girardeau Limestone and Leemon Formation in Missouri and Illinois show elevated delta C-13 values of + 4 parts per thousand to + 5 parts per thousand. Although not determined precisely, the beginning of the HICE is likely to be in the upper part of the Orchard Creek Shale, and it ends in the upper Leemon Formation. Being extraordinarily useful chronostratigraphically, the presence of the HICE makes it possible to provide a firm dating of the study interval, whose age has long been controversial. Comparison between the study sections and coeval HICE sequences in North America and Europe show striking similarities, especially in sea-level history, indicating that major local lowstands reflect eustatic sea-level changes. A comparison with Hirnantian diamictite successions in North and South Africa and Argentina suggests that these lowstands correspond to two major Gondwanan glacial episodes. (Less)
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- Bergstroem, Stig M. ; Saltzman, Matthew M. and Schmitz, Birger LU
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- 2006
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- sea-level changes, glaciation, Gondwana, Missouri-Illinois, Upper Ordovician, carbon isotope excursion, Hirnantian
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- Geological Magazine
- volume
- 143
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 657 - 678
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
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- wos:000241142600005
- scopus:33748313029
- ISSN
- 0016-7568
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0016756806002469
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- English
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