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AN: V31G-08 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: High-Precision Marine Sr Isotope Geochronology in Deep Time: Permian Tuffs and Conodonts
AU: * Schmitz, M D
EM: markschmitz@boisestate.edu
AF: Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, United States
AU: Davydov, V I
EM: vdavydov@boisestate.edu
AF: Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, United States
AU: Snyder, W S
EM: wsnyder@boisestate.edu
AF: Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, United States
AB: Stratigraphic sections of the Southern Urals containing abundant and well-preserved fauna for precise biostratigraphic correlation and common instratified volcanic ash beds dated by U-Pb zircon geochronology offer a unique opportunity to constrain a temporally accurate Late Pennsylvanian-Early Permian seawater Sr curve. The 87Sr/86Sr compositions of conodonts (biogenic apatite) were measured by high-precision thermal ionization mass spectrometry following rigorous pretreatment protocols, and plotted within an age model calibrated by 13 high-precision U-Pb zircon ash bed ages. The resulting seawater Sr curve shows a significant reduction in data scatter by comparison to earlier curves (Denison et al., 1994; Veizer et al., 1999; Bruckschen et al., 1999; Korte et al., 2006), suggesting that our conodont pre-dissolution treatment was highly effective for retrieving the original seawater Sr signal. The relatively flat Late Moscovian through mid-Ghzelian seawater Sr curve of this study is generally consistent with that of Bruckschen et al. (1999). Beginning in the mid-Ghzelian, our data define a decreasing trend in 87Sr/86Sr through the mid-Sakmarian, consistent with the data of Korte et al. (2006). By combining our high precision 87Sr/86Sr measurements and U-Pb age calibration, the resolution of Sr isotope geochronology approaches 0.5 Ma in this interval. This highly resolved seawater 87Sr/86Sr record obtained for the Late Moscovian through mid-Sakmarian will aid in global carbonate chemostratigraphic correlation and contribute to our understanding of the timing of Late Paleozoic glacial and tectonic events. References: Bruckschen, P., Oesmann, S., Veizer, J., 1999. Isotope stratigraphy of the European Carboniferous: proxy signals for ocean chemistry, climate and tectonics. Chemical Geology 161, p. 127-163. Denison, R.E., Koepnick, R.B., Burke, W.H., Hetherington, E.A., Fletcher, A., 1994. Construction of the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian seawater 87Sr/86Sr curve. Chemical Geology 112, p.145-167. Veizer, J., Ala, D., Azmy, K., Bruckschen, P., Buhl, D., Bruhn, J., Carden, G.A.F., Diener, A., Ebneth, S., Godderis, Y., Jasper, T., Korte, C., Pawellek, F., Podlaha, O.G., Strauss, H., 1999. 87Sr/86Sr, ´13C and δ18O evolution of Phanerozoic seawater. Chemical Geology 161, p. 59-88. Korte, C., Jasper, T., Kozur, H.W., Veizer, J., 2006. 87Sr/86Sr record of Permian seawater. Palaeogeography, Pala3eoclimatology, Palaeoecology 240, p. 89-107.
DE: 1115 Radioisotope geochronology
DE: 1135 Correlative geochronology
DE: 4924 Geochemical tracers
DE: 4944 Micropaleontology (0459, 3030)
DE: 9615 Permian
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology [V]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting