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First record of the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event from the Southern Hemisphere, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

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posted on 2016-06-21, 12:23 authored by A.H. Al-Suwaidi, G.N. Angelozzi, F. Baudin, S.E. Damborenea, S.P. Hesselbo, H.C. Jenkyns, M.O. Manceñido, A.C. Riccardi

The first record of the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (c. 183 Ma) from the Southern Hemisphere is described from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina, identified chemostratigraphically on the basis of a relative increase in marine organic carbon and a characteristic negative carbon-isotope excursion (δ13Corg) in bulk rock and fossil wood. The negative excursion of −6‰ in bulk organic carbon (falling to −31.3‰) crosses the boundary of the tenuicostatumhoelderi Andean ammonite Zones, equivalent to the tenuicostatumfalciferum/serpentinum zones of Europe. These data indicate that the Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event was a global phenomenon.

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