Sulfate isotope composition of Messinian evaporites in the Piedmont basin (Italy)

Autor: Javier García-Veigas, Luis Gibert, Dioni I. Cendón, Francesco Dela Pierre, Marcello Natalicchio, David Artiaga
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Geogaceta, Vol 70 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0213-683X
2173-6545
DOI: 10.55407/geogaceta102282
Popis: The Piedmont basin (NW Italy) records a Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) succession including a selenite gypsum deposit assigned to the Primary Lower Gypsum (PLG, MSC stage 1). Strontium isotope ratios are in the range of the PLG deposits of the Mediterranean area. Sulfate isotope compositions of vertically oriented selenite gypsum beds, in the lower part of the succession, are similar to those reported in other PLG deposits. However, flattened branching selenite cones in the upper part show higher isotope compositions, mainly in δ34S values, suggesting intense BSR conditions, stronger than reported in other PLG deposits. We interpret this chemical shift during deposition of the upper part of the PLG as the result of increased marine restriction assisted by the marginal position of this basin in the Adriatic Gulf during the Apennine and Alpine uplifts.
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