Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
During the Cretaceous greenhouse, episodes of widespread ocean deoxygenation were associated with globally occurring events of black shale deposition. Possibly the most pronounced of these oceanic anoxic events (OAE’s) was the Cenomanian-Turonian OAE2 (~94 Ma). However, although certain redox sensit...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96382 2023-05-15T17:29:44+02:00 Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 Goldberg, T Poulton, SW Wagner, T Kolonic, SF Rehkamper, M 2016-04-15 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/96382/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/96382/3/Goldbergetal2015_revised_version2%5B1%5D.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.006 en eng Elsevier https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/96382/3/Goldbergetal2015_revised_version2%5B1%5D.pdf Goldberg, T, Poulton, SW, Wagner, T et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 440. pp. 81-91. ISSN 0012-821X Article NonPeerReviewed 2016 ftleedsuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.006 2023-01-30T21:39:59Z During the Cretaceous greenhouse, episodes of widespread ocean deoxygenation were associated with globally occurring events of black shale deposition. Possibly the most pronounced of these oceanic anoxic events (OAE’s) was the Cenomanian-Turonian OAE2 (~94 Ma). However, although certain redox sensitive trace metals tend to be preferentially sequestered in sediments deposited under anoxic conditions, with Mo drawdown being specifically prone to euxinic settings, these elements are generally somewhat depleted in sediments deposited during OAE2. To understand the driving factors responsible for this depleted trace metal drawdown, we have studied a low latitude section from the proto-North Atlantic Ocean (Tarfaya S57), where existing biomarker and iron-sulphur data point to a dominantly euxinic water column, with periodic transitions to ferruginous (Fe-rich) water column conditions. We utilise a variety of redox proxies (Fe-speciation, redox sensitive trace metals and Mo isotopes), which, in combination, allows us to evaluate the detailed nature of ocean redox conditions and hence controls on trace metal drawdown. The results suggest that seawater δ98Mo values may have ranged between ~ 0.6 and 1.1‰ during OAE2, likely connected to changes in the local Mo reservoir as a consequence of low and probably heterogeneous concentrations of Mo in the ocean. The very low Mo/TOC ratios at Tarfaya and elsewhere in the proto-North Atlantic may support a model in which deep-water circulation was partially restricted within and between the North Atlantic and other ocean basins. We propose that the combination of a low and possibly heterogeneous δ98Mo of seawater Mo, together with low Mo/TOC ratios, points to a large decrease in the global oceanic Mo reservoir during OAE2, reflecting a major global scale increase in Mo drawdown under persistent euxinic conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 440 81 91 |
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During the Cretaceous greenhouse, episodes of widespread ocean deoxygenation were associated with globally occurring events of black shale deposition. Possibly the most pronounced of these oceanic anoxic events (OAE’s) was the Cenomanian-Turonian OAE2 (~94 Ma). However, although certain redox sensitive trace metals tend to be preferentially sequestered in sediments deposited under anoxic conditions, with Mo drawdown being specifically prone to euxinic settings, these elements are generally somewhat depleted in sediments deposited during OAE2. To understand the driving factors responsible for this depleted trace metal drawdown, we have studied a low latitude section from the proto-North Atlantic Ocean (Tarfaya S57), where existing biomarker and iron-sulphur data point to a dominantly euxinic water column, with periodic transitions to ferruginous (Fe-rich) water column conditions. We utilise a variety of redox proxies (Fe-speciation, redox sensitive trace metals and Mo isotopes), which, in combination, allows us to evaluate the detailed nature of ocean redox conditions and hence controls on trace metal drawdown. The results suggest that seawater δ98Mo values may have ranged between ~ 0.6 and 1.1‰ during OAE2, likely connected to changes in the local Mo reservoir as a consequence of low and probably heterogeneous concentrations of Mo in the ocean. The very low Mo/TOC ratios at Tarfaya and elsewhere in the proto-North Atlantic may support a model in which deep-water circulation was partially restricted within and between the North Atlantic and other ocean basins. We propose that the combination of a low and possibly heterogeneous δ98Mo of seawater Mo, together with low Mo/TOC ratios, points to a large decrease in the global oceanic Mo reservoir during OAE2, reflecting a major global scale increase in Mo drawdown under persistent euxinic conditions. |
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Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 |
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Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 |
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Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 |
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Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 |
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Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 |
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molybdenum drawdown during cretaceous oceanic anoxic event 2 |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/96382/3/Goldbergetal2015_revised_version2%5B1%5D.pdf Goldberg, T, Poulton, SW, Wagner, T et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Molybdenum drawdown during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 440. pp. 81-91. ISSN 0012-821X |
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