New extraction methods for Molybdenum and the geochemistry of a great Cambrian fossiliferous deposit, the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte

• Main Author: Le Boudec, Ange
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole normale supérieure de lyon - ENS LYON, Francis Albarède
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: Molybdenum; Standard-bracketing; Double-spike; Lagerstätte; Sirius Passet; Redox; Molybdène; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Greenland; Sirius; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-00832055; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00832055/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-00832055/file/LE_BOUDEC_Ange_2013_These.pdf

The particular behaviour of molybdenum towards the oxygenation potential in aqueous environments makes this element very useful to infer the oxygenation level under which a sediment is deposited. The first part of this PhD thesis is dedicated to the development of a new protocol for the extraction of molybdenum from geological samples. Until now, most extractions are performed using two ion exchange resin columns: an anionic one, then a cationic one. The protocol proposed here, initially set to allow measurements using a classical Sample-Standard-Bracketing (SSB) method, allows good purification and recovery of molybdenum through a single pass in an anion exchange resin. This purification is good enough to perform analyses using the double-spike method. A comparison between these two methods to correct the instrumental mass bias allowed us to better constrain SSB limits versus the double-spike method. The second part of this work aimed at geochemically characterizing an extraordinary fossil assemblage deposit located in North Greenland: the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte. In association with paleontological criteria, this study shows that these sediments were deposited in an environment at least partially oxygenated, in the form of muds enabling little exchange with the water column. The paleogeographical context, chemical analyses and thin-section observations suggest that these muds are mainly aeolian in origin. Les propriétés géochimiques particulières du molybdène vis-à-vis du potentiel d’oxygénation en milieu aqueux en font un élément particulièrement utilisé pour déterminer le degré d’oxygénation du milieu dans lequel un dépôt a sédimenté. Dans un premier temps, ce travail de thèse présente une alternative aux méthodes d’extraction du molybdène utilisées jusqu’ici. Les principales méthodes de purification couramment utilisées sur échantillons géologiques se décomposent en deux phases : une purification au travers d’une résine anionique, puis une purification au travers d’une résine cationique. La méthode ...