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Mesoproterozoic paleo-redox changes during 1500-1400 Ma in the Yanshan Basin, North China
Precambrian Research ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105835 Xiaoyan Chen , Menghan Li , Erik A. Sperling , Tonggang Zhang , Keqing Zong , Yongsheng Liu , Yanan Shen
Precambrian Research ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105835 Xiaoyan Chen , Menghan Li , Erik A. Sperling , Tonggang Zhang , Keqing Zong , Yongsheng Liu , Yanan Shen
Abstract The Mesoproterozoic (1600–1000 million years ago, Ma) is thought to have experienced important changes in ocean chemistry and eukaryote evolution. Our understanding of global redox conditions remains in its infancy, and redox data derived from the Mesoproterozoic thus far indicate heterogeneity and complexity in the realm of ocean redox, which hampers our understanding of the potential significance of variations in ocean redox on eukaryote evolution. In this study, we report analyses of Fe species and redox-sensitive trace metals of U and Mo from the Jixian Group, including the Wumishan, Hongshuizhuang and Tieling formations, as well as the Xiamaling Formation, in the Yanshan Basin in North China. The Fe speciation data from the Wumishan, Hongshuizhuang, and Tieling formations first reported in this study help bridge the global data gap of Fe species data during 1500–1400 Ma. Our data suggest likely oxic bottom water conditions for the Wumishan Formation and ferruginous bottom water conditions for the Tieling Formation. The Fe species data can distinguish ferruginous conditions for the upper Hongshuizhuang from sulfidic depositional conditions for the lower-middle Hongshuizhuang Formation. Based on Fe species and trace metal data, redox conditions likely varied from anoxic conditions with transient euxinia in the lower-middle Xiamaling Formation to oxic conditions in the upper Xiamaling Formation. The new Fe speciation data from the Yanshan Basin, when combined with previously published data, show a surprisingly high proportion of middle Proterozoic samples with very low highly reactive to total iron ratios. This suggests either a relatively large extent of oxic seafloor, or non-uniformitarian iron cycling. Resolving this discrepancy will be key to understanding the extent of suitable habitats for complex eukaryotes.
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