Early Aptian δ13C and manganese anomalies from the historical Cassis-La Bédoule stratotype sections (S.E. France): relationship with a methane hydrate dissociation event and stratigraphic implications

International audience Comparison of oxygen and carbon isotope and manganese evolution curves in bulk carbonate from the historical Bedoulian stratotype (Cassis-La Bédoule area, Provence, France) reveals an important geochemical event (negative δ13C and high Mn content) located within the D. deshaye...

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Main Authors: Renard, Maurice, de Rafélis, Marc, Emmanuel, Laurent, Moullade, Michel, Masse, Jean-Pierre, Kuhnt, Wolfgang, Bergen, Jim A., Tronchetti, Guy
Other Authors: UPMC - Département de Géologie Sédimentaire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Biominéralisations et Paléoenvironnements (JE 2477), Centre de sédimentologie-paléontologie, Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille 1-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), Department of Geological Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC), University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2005
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Summary:International audience Comparison of oxygen and carbon isotope and manganese evolution curves in bulk carbonate from the historical Bedoulian stratotype (Cassis-La Bédoule area, Provence, France) reveals an important geochemical event (negative δ13C and high Mn content) located within the D. deshayesi ammonite Zone and at the base of the R. hambrowi ammonite Subzone. This worldwide event, which can be observed in environments ranging from the fluvial to the pelagic realm (Selli/Goguel level), seems to be related to methane hydrate destabilization. Scenarios for manganese, carbon and oxygen evolutions are proposed for early Bedoulian oxic conditions and for dysoxic/anoxic conditions related to methane hydrate destabilization at the early/late Bedoulian transition. The impacts of this global event on the biosphere (nannoconid crisis) and its stratigraphic implications are considered. Comparison of geochemical and biostratigraphical data from the Cassis-La Bédoule stratotype with that of the Cismon- Apticore reference borehole shows that the La Bedoule sequence records geochemical evolution during the Goguel/Selli Event in more detail than that of any other previously published section. ––– Anomalies géochimiques (?13C et manganèse) dans l'Aptien inférieur du stratotype historique de Cassis-La Bédoule (S.E. France) : relation avec un événement de dissociation d'hydrates de méthane et implications stratigraphiques.- La comparaison des courbes isotopiques (carbone et oxygène) et des teneurs en manganèse de la série du stratotype historique du Bédoulien (coupes de Cassis-La Bédoule, Provence, France) met en évidence des anomalies géochimiques (accident négatif du ?13C et pic des teneurs en Mn) se développant dans les zones d'ammonites à D. deshayesi et à R. hambrowi. Cet événement, d'occurrence mondiale, qui s'enregistre dans tous les environnements sédimentaires (niveau Selli/Goguel), parait lié à une période de déstabilisation des hydrates de méthane. Deux modèles de comportement du manganèse et des isotopes du ...