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Abundancias de iridio en todo el estratotipo ordoviciano-siluriano
Resumen
Las altas concentraciones de iridio en las pizarras del límite escocés Ordoviciano-Siluriano no se correlacionan con eventos de extinción. La erosión terrestre de las rocas ultramaficas, no los impactos extraterrestres, probablemente explica estos persistentes niveles de iridio.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Paleontología Paleontología.
- La estratigrafía es la estratigrafía.
Sus antecedentes:
- El límite Ordovícico-Silúrico marca un evento de extinción significativo.
- Las anomalías de iridio a menudo se asocian con impactos extraterrestres.
- Dob's Linn, Escocia, es una sección estratotípica clave para el límite Ordovícico-Silúrico.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar las concentraciones de iridio a través de la frontera Ordovícico-Silúrico en Dob's Linn.
- Para determinar la fuente de altas concentraciones de iridio en la sección de esquisto graptolítico.
- Para evaluar la relación entre los niveles de iridio y el mayor evento de extinción.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis quimiostratigráfico de muestras de esquisto de la sección de Dob's Linn.
- Medición de las concentraciones de iridio y cromo.
- Reconstrucciones paleogeográficas y geológicas del área de origen.
Principales resultados:
- Se encontraron concentraciones de iridio persistentemente altas (0,050 0,250 ppb) en todo el intervalo límite examinado y en los alrededores de 13 zonas de graptolito.
- No se detectó ningún pico de concentración de iridio en el límite o en otro lugar, a pesar de un importante evento de extinción.
- Las concentraciones de iridio se correlacionan con el cromo, mostrando una disminución gradual en el Siluriano Inferior, con una relación cromo-iridio de 10^6.6 en promedio.
Conclusiones:
- Las altas y persistentes concentraciones de iridio se atribuyen a la erosión terrestre de las rocas ultramaficas del manto superior expuestas.
- Los hallazgos no apoyan un evento extraterrestre cataclísmico como la causa de los altos niveles de iridio.
- El estudio destaca la importancia de los procesos terrestres en las anomalías geoquímicas dentro de las secuencias sedimentarias.
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