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DOI	10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103117
	Drivers of benthic extinction during the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) at the northern Gondwana paleomargin: Implications for paleoceanographic conditions
	Ruebsam W.; Reolid M.; Marok A.; Schwark L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	00128252
卷号	203
英文摘要	During the early Toarcian multiple environmental perturbations led to the genesis of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE), expressed by the widespread occurrence of black shales that were formed under oxygen-deficient conditions. Factors promoting organic matter preservation also drove benthic extinction due to low aqueous O2 levels and habitats poisoned by H2S. However, the development of benthic barren intervals in oxygenated shelf areas, lacking black shales, indicates that even in these areas benthic communities experienced a crisis. To understand environmental changes and to determine factors driving benthic extinction we applied paleontological and geochemical techniques to the organic matter-lean Ratnek El Kahla section (Saharan Atlas, Algeria). During the Early Jurassic the study site was located at the northern Gondwana paleomargin, belonging to the southern West Tethys Shelf. The benthic barren interval coincides with the climax of the T-OAE that correlates with a major carbon cycle perturbation, expressed by a negative carbon isotope excursion. Compared to background values, sediments of the benthic barren interval are enriched in organic matter and redox-sensitive metals. In combination with the enhanced preservation of intact bacterial lipids and increased rates of organic matter sulfurization, data attest to a decline in pore water O2 and increased H2S concentration. It is thus reasonable to propose that, similar to northern shelf areas, benthic communities suffered from prolonged oxygen-deficient conditions. Absence of benthic activity and less intensive sediment reworking in combination with enhanced organic matter sulfurization favored organic matter preservation. Productivity proxies and δ15N data indicate moderate primary productivity rates. Lowered aqueous O2 levels did not result from excessive aerobic organic matter breakdown. Seafloor anoxia was rather promoted by rising seawater temperatures and sluggish ocean circulation during a transition from icehouse into a greenhouse climate. These conditions may have been a pre-requirement for genesis of the T-OAE. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
关键词	Anoxia Biomarker Global warming Marine death zones Nitrogen isotopes
英文关键词	anoxia; benthic environment; biomarker; depositional environment; global warming; Gondwana; marine environment; nitrogen isotope; paleoceanography; Toarcian; Algeria; Atlas Mountains; Saharan Atlas; Bacteria (microorganisms)
语种	英语
来源期刊	Earth Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/203869
作者单位	Department of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Institute of Geoscience, University of Kiel, Germany; Departamento de Geología and CEACT, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, 23071, Spain; Department of the Earth and Univers Sciences, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, 119, Algeria; WA-OIGC, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ruebsam W.,Reolid M.,Marok A.,et al. Drivers of benthic extinction during the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) at the northern Gondwana paleomargin: Implications for paleoceanographic conditions[J],2020,203.
APA	Ruebsam W.,Reolid M.,Marok A.,&Schwark L..(2020).Drivers of benthic extinction during the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) at the northern Gondwana paleomargin: Implications for paleoceanographic conditions.Earth Science Reviews,203.
MLA	Ruebsam W.,et al."Drivers of benthic extinction during the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) at the northern Gondwana paleomargin: Implications for paleoceanographic conditions".Earth Science Reviews 203(2020).