New results of stable isotope and petrographic studies of Jurassic glendonites from Siberia

• Main Authors: Kseniia Y. Vasileva, Rogov, Mikhail A., Ershova, Victoria B., Pokrovsky, Boris G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Subjects: Space Science; Physiology; FOS Biological sciences; Evolutionary Biology; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Chemical sciences; Ecology; Sociology; FOS Sociology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Anabar; Anabar Bay; lena river; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9918512; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/New_results_of_stable_isotope_and_petrographic_studies_of_Jurassic_glendonites_from_Siberia/9918512

We present the results of an optical microscopy, cathodoluminoscopy and isotopic study on nine glendonite concretions (calcite pseudomorphs replacing metastable hexahydrate ikaite) from Lower-Middle Jurassic sediments of Northeast Russia (Anabar Bay and Lena River region). Glendonite concretions are mainly found within Late Pliensbachian, Toarcian, Aalenian, Bajocian and Lower Bathonian clastic sediments, correlating to episodes of global climatic cooling as determined by independent paleoclimate proxy data. Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic values of glendonite concretions suggest that the primary source of carbon was derived from diagenetically altered organic matter, and the source of oxygen was from seawater. The secondary diagenetic cement is characterized by a significantly lighter δ 18 O and significantly heavier δ 13 C signature than the isotopic characteristics of the bulk rock glendonite concretion. This secondary diagenetic cement is thought to have precipitated rapidly during burial diagenesis and since it occupies a significant volume of the glendonite concretion, it has the potential to significantly influence the isotopic composition of bulk rock glendonites.