High-frequency, moderate to high-amplitude sea-level oscillations during the late Early Aptian: Insights into the Mid-Aptian event (Galve sub-basin, Spain)

Peropadre, C.; Liesa, Carlos L.; Meléndez, Nieves

doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.019

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“…This period (and especially the late Cretaceous epoch) differed from the other time intervals of the Mesozoic by two distinctive features. First, despite the warm planetary climate (Kauffman and Johnson, 2009;Hay and Floegel, 2012;Zalasiewicz and Williams, 2012), glacial advances are known (or, at least, hypothesized) in the Cretaceous (Frakes and Francis, 1988;Frakes and Krassay, 1992;Alley and Frakes, 2003;Miller et al, 2005;Bornemann et al, 2008;Galeotti et al, 2009;Moriya, 2011;Maurer et al, 2013;Peropadre et al, 2013). Second, the breakup of Gondwana reached its end, and there were active tectonic reorganizations in the Pacific (Cogné et al, 2006;Ruban et al, 2010;Seton et al, 2012;Chatterjee et al, 2013).…”

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Mesozoic long-term eustatic cycles and their uncertain hierarchy

Ruban

2015

Geoscience Frontiers

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a b s t r a c tGlobal sea-level has changed in a cyclic manner through geologic history, but the regularities of these changes are yet to be fully understood. Despite certain (and sometimes significant) differences, the available Mesozoic eustatic curves permit the outlining of long-term eustatic cycles, which are provisionally defined as cycles recognizable at the stage level and higher. Interpretation of the Triassic eustatic curves indicates two orders of long-term cycles and a 1st-order sea-level rise throughout the entire period. The Jurassic eustatic curves imply cyclicity of one or two orders, and a 1st-order eustatic rise during the entire period is also evident. Most challenges are interpretations for the Cretaceous; two to four orders of long-term eustatic cycles can be established for this period. Generally, the hierarchy of the long-term eustatic cycles might have changed through the Mesozoic. If so, and if one considers differences of cycles of the same order between the periods of this era, it is difficult to apply "standard" hierarchical classifications to the documented cycles. The hypothetical uncertainty of the hierarchy of the Mesozoic long-term eustatic cycles is an important challenge for modern researchers.

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Mesozoic long-term eustatic cycles and their uncertain hierarchy

Ruban

2015

Geoscience Frontiers

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“…The syn-rift series can be divided into two sequences (Liesa et al, 1996): the mid Tithonian-mid Berriasian syn-rift sequence 1 (Villar del Arzobispo and Aguilar del Alfambra formations, up to 650 m thick), and the mid Berriasian-mid Albian syn-rift sequence 2 (more than 1000 m thick in the depocentral areas). Syn-rift sequence 2 includes a dominantly continental-transitional series (Weald facies; Soria, 1997;Salas et al, 2001), incorporating in its M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT lower part the Galve Formation defined here, followed by Aptian shallow carbonate platform facies (Urgon facies, e.g., Vennin & Aurell, 2001;Bover-Arnal, 2010;Peropadre et al, 2013). The post-rift sequence includes Albian continental sandstones (Utrillas Formation) and Upper Cretaceous shallow marine carbonates.…”

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Stratigraphy and evolution of the Galve sub-basin (Spain) in the middle Tithonian–early Barremian: Implications for the setting and age of some dinosaur fossil sites

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Cretaceous Research

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A review of the stratigraphy of the Galve sub-basin (western Maestrazgo Basin, eastern Spain) around the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition is presented here, based on new data acquired after extensive geological mapping and logging complemented with facies analysis, new biostratigraphic data and a revision of the published information available. The results obtained are relevant for a more detailed understanding of the tecto-sedimentary evolution of the studied basin during the transition between two stages of rift evolution (i.e., syn-rift sequences 1 and 2). In addition, new information on the age and setting of numerous dinosaur fossil-and track-sites found across the Galve sub-basin and in the northern part of the nearby Penyagolosa sub-basin is provided here. Two new lithostratigraphic units are defined and characterized, the Aguilar del Alfambra and the Galve formations. The previous stratigraphic framework considered only two lithostratigraphic units (the Villar del Arzobispo and El Castellar formations) bounded by a single regional unconformity, and this resulted in significant misinterpretations. The whitish limestones, red lutites and cross-bedded sandstones of the Aguilar del Alfambra Formation were deposited in transitional environments, ranging from coastal lutitic plains to restricted lagoons. Of particular interest are the laminated micritic-peloidal limestones with abundant fenestral porosity (supratidal ponds to intertidal flats), which preserve common dinosaur footprints. This unit is bounded by widespread unconformities and is of very variable thickness (0-450 m), controlled by extensional tectonics operating at the climax of syn-rift sequence 1 during the latest Tithonian-middle Berriasian. The overlying Galve Formation is of variable thickness (from 0-100 m) and is also bounded by regional unconformities described in detail here. It consists of red lutites with cross-bedded and tabular-burrowed sandstones representing channel and overflow deposits in an alluvial floodplain. The sauropod dinosaur Aragosaurus ischiaticus found in this unit has a controversial age assignment. The age of the Galve Formation is poorly constrained from late Berriasian to Hauterivian, but new biostratigraphic data presented here, combined with the correlation with the nearby Penyagolosa and Salzedella sub-basins, suggest a possible equivalence to the upper Berriasian-lower Valanginian sequence deposited during the initial stage of syn-rift sequence 2. Highlights:• A revised stratigraphic framework for the Galve sub-basin of eastern Spain • Characterization of the newly defined Aguilar del Alfambra and Galve formations • The setting of the Tithonian-Hauterivian dinosaur fossil-and track sites revisited • Implications for the tecto-sedimentary evolution of the western Maestrazgo Basin

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“…The Cretaceous was a time of extensive development of carbonate platforms (Simó, Scott, & Masse, ). Particularly in the Early Aptian platforms were controlled by factors including sea‐level, tectonic, climate, and paleoenvironmental changes (Bonin et al, ; Bover‐Arnal et al, ; Castro et al, ; Huck et al, ; Lehmann et al, ; Mehay et al, ; Peropadre, Liesa, & Meléndez, ; Phelps et al, ; Röhl & Ogg, ; Skelton & Gili, ). Environmental changes include variations in rates of continental weathering‐siliciclastic input, climate change, marine oxygenation index, anoxic events, input of isotopically light carbon, volcanic activity, and marine currents (Erbacher, Huber, Norris, & Markey, ; Föllmi, ; Immenhauser, Hillgärtner, & Van Bentum, ; Larson, ; Leckie, Bralower, & Cashman, ; Skelton, ; Skelton & Gili, ).…”

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“…The OAE1a interval is correlated as datum among all sections [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] 7 | EARLY APTIAN CARBONATE PLATFORM EVOLUTION The Cretaceous was a time of extensive development of carbonate platforms (Simó, Scott, & Masse, 1993). Particularly in the Early Aptian platforms were controlled by factors including sea-level, tectonic, climate, and paleoenvironmental changes (Bonin et al, 2015;Bover-Arnal et al, 2010;Castro et al, 2001;Huck et al, 2011;Lehmann et al, 1999;Mehay et al, 2009;Peropadre, Liesa, & Meléndez, 2013;Phelps et al, 2013;Röhl & Ogg, 1998;Skelton & Gili, 2012).…”

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The Early Aptian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of Mount Pagasarri (N Spain): Oceanic anoxic event‐1a

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Sedimentological, stratigraphical, palaeontological, and geochemical evidence from outcrops of the Early Aptian (Cretaceous) succession in Mount Pagasarri (northern Spain) dated by ammonites is described to elucidate the origin of organic carbon‐rich sediments and carbonate platforms in the Early Aptian of the northern margin of the Tethyan Ocean. A 1,600‐m‐thick section spans the latest Barremian to the end of the Early Aptian and is divided into 3 units: a lower marine nearshore, a middle rudist‐coral shallow‐water carbonate platform, and a deeper‐water outer shelf. Deshayesites oglanlensis, D. forbesi, D. deshayesi and Dufrenoyia furcata ammonite zones are represented. Three organic carbon‐rich intervals are recognised. The oldest (top Barremian) is correlated with the Taxy Level of France/Germany. A second organic layer in the lower part of the Deshayesites deshayesi Zone sediments correlates with the Selli Event of Italy. A third organic‐carbon enriched layer in the D. furcata Zone sediments post‐dates the Aparein Level of the Aralar area in Spain. Carbon isotope curves reveal a brief negative excursion followed by a more prolonged positive trend during the Early Aptian interpreted as oceanic anoxic event 1a (OAE1a). Three carbonate platform growth phases are recognised in the Basque‐Cantabrian Basin with OAE1a being developed between carbonate platform Phases 1 and 2. The Peñascal Limestones (late Early Aptian) represent carbonate platform Phase 3 of the Basque‐Cantabrian Basin succeeded by ammonite‐bearing marls of the latest Early Aptian, reflecting platform demise and subsequent marine flooding. The Mount Pagasarri area is a key locality for study of the oceanic anoxic events in the Greenhouse Earth of the Early Aptian.

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High-frequency, moderate to high-amplitude sea-level oscillations during the late Early Aptian: Insights into the Mid-Aptian event (Galve sub-basin, Spain)

Cited by 34 publications

References 71 publications

Mesozoic long-term eustatic cycles and their uncertain hierarchy

Mesozoic long-term eustatic cycles and their uncertain hierarchy

Stratigraphy and evolution of the Galve sub-basin (Spain) in the middle Tithonian–early Barremian: Implications for the setting and age of some dinosaur fossil sites

The Early Aptian (Cretaceous) stratigraphy of Mount Pagasarri (N Spain): Oceanic anoxic event‐1a

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