Mid-Paleocene event at Gabal Nezzazat, Sinai, Egypt: planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, mineralogy and geochemistry
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- 作者：Mamdouh F. Soliman ; Nageh A. Obaidalla ; Ezzat A. Ahmed…
- 关键词：Mid ; Paleocene event ; Qreiya Beds ; Hyperthermal ; Sulphides ; Chalcophiles ; Planktonic foraminifera ; Productivity ; Redox conditions
- 刊名：Arabian Journal of Geosciences
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：October 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：7
- 期：10
- 页码：4079-4099
- 全文大小：2,236 KB
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Nageh A. Obaidalla (1)
Ezzat A. Ahmed (1)
Ahmed A. Ahmed (1)
Johannes Kurzweil (2)
1. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516, Assiut, Egypt
2. Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria - ISSN：1866-7538
文摘
The Qreiya Beds that record the ‘mid-Paleocene event-at Gabal Nezzazat occur within the Igorina albeari (P3b) Zone and constitute part of a 14-m thick shale succession that ranges in age from Early to Late Paleocene. They are composed of four alternating dark grey and brown shale beds, which are thinly laminated, phosphatic, organic-rich and extremely sulphidic. They are characterized by distinct enrichment and high peak anomalies in chalcophiles (Zn, Co, Ni, Cu and Pb) and organic association elements (V and Cr), especially within the brown organic-rich beds. It is concluded that these elements are incorporated into the phosphatic debris, sulphides and organic matter. In contrast, the grey beds are enriched in clay minerals and quartz. Clay mineral assemblages indicate alternating periods of warm/humid climate (high kaolinite) and dry climate (low kaolinite) during the formation of the grey and brown beds, respectively. The sediments of the Qreiya Beds yield lithological, biotic, geochemical and mineralogical data indicative of suboxic/anoxic marine environments as a result of high productivity and/or upwelling. The top metre of the succession below the Qreiya Beds is characterized by a progressive change from faunas dominated by praemurcurids to faunas dominated by Morozovilids, and by a progressive upward decrease in δ13Ccarb and δ18Ocarb values. The foraminiferal faunal change may reflect shallowing and warming preceding deposition of the Qreiya Beds. The change in isotopic values is inferred to be the result of surface weathering, fluvial input and diagenesis with no evidence of any primary change that could support presence of a hyperthermal event.