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Legett, Shelbie (2020): δ11B of well-preserved brachiopod fossils coupled with geochemical modeling [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.911308

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Published: 2020-01-24DOI registered: 2021-08-25

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Abstract:
We present the δ11B of well-preserved brachiopod fossils coupled with geochemical modeling to examine how seawater boron responded to abrupt and dynamic climate changes in the Late Paleozoic. The Late Carboniferous, a time of major coal formation and glacio-eustatic sea level changes, is characterized by relatively stable brachiopod δ11B of 15-17‰, similar to values seen in modern brachiopods. Brachiopod δ11B dropped by ~5‰ in the early Permian and then re-stabilized at a new value of 10‰ within a few million years. Mass balance models of seawater δ11B reproduced the overall trends in our brachiopod data but failed to capture the large drop in δ11B in the early Permian. Published seawater 87Sr/86Sr and δ44/40Ca data based on brachiopod shells also shift to lower values in the early Permian, suggesting a common control on all three seawater isotope systems. The Permian terrestrial record of evaporites and eolian deposits suggests a prolonged reduced delivery of dissolved weathering products to the ocean, accounting for the change in seawater 87Sr/86Sr. This reduced weathering, in turn, led to increased atmospheric CO2 and lowered seawater pH, which may have significantly decreased major removal mechanisms for seawater calcium and boron leading to declines in both isotope systems. We propose that boron removal via coprecipitation in carbonates and adsorption onto clay minerals was significantly diminished due to a reduction in the availability of the borate aqueous species caused by lowered seawater pH.
Keyword(s):
boron; brachiopod; Geochemistry; Paleoclimate
Related to:
Legett, Shelbie; Rasbury, E T; Grossman, Ethan L; Hemming, N Gary; Penman, Donald E (2020): The Brachiopod δ11B Record Across the Carboniferous-Permian Climate Transition. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35(10), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003838
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 39.269590 * Median Longitude: -61.836962 * South-bound Latitude: 31.849000 * West-bound Longitude: -99.211000 * North-bound Latitude: 56.865000 * East-bound Longitude: 57.413330
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Sample IDSample IDLegett, Shelbie
2NumberNoLegett, Shelbie
3CollectionCollectionLegett, Shelbiecollection location
4CodeCodeLegett, ShelbieReliable data?
5Taxon/taxaTaxaLegett, Shelbie
6AGEAgeka BPLegett, ShelbieGeocode
7PeriodPeriodLegett, Shelbie
8StageStageLegett, Shelbie
9FormationFormationLegett, Shelbie
10MemberMemberLegett, Shelbie
11CountryCountryLegett, Shelbie
12Area/localityAreaLegett, Shelbie
13CommentCommentLegett, Shelbielocality comments
14LATITUDELatitudeLegett, ShelbieGeocode
15LONGITUDELongitudeLegett, ShelbieGeocode
16δ13Cδ13C‰ PDBLegett, Shelbienot provided
17δ18Oδ18OLegett, Shelbienot provided
18δ11Bδ11B‰ SRMLegett, Shelbienot provided
19δ11B, standard errorδ11B std e±Legett, Shelbienot provided
20BoronBmg/kgLegett, Shelbiesee reference(s)
21Strontium/Calcium ratioSr/Cammol/molLegett, Shelbiesee reference(s)
22Magnesium/Calcium ratioMg/Cammol/molLegett, Shelbiesee reference(s)
23Method commentMethod commLegett, ShelbieBoron analysis
24Reference/sourceReferenceLegett, Shelbie
Size:
1773 data points

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