High mercury enrichments in sediments from the Baltic continent across the late Cambrian: Controls and implications
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High mercury enrichments in sediments from the Baltic continent across the late Cambrian : Controls and implications. / Bian, Leibo; Chappaz, Anthony; Schovsbo, Niels Hemmingsen; Nielsen, Arne Thorshøj; Sanei, Hamed.
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T1 - High mercury enrichments in sediments from the Baltic continent across the late Cambrian
T2 - Controls and implications
AU - Bian, Leibo
AU - Chappaz, Anthony
AU - Schovsbo, Niels Hemmingsen
AU - Nielsen, Arne Thorshøj
AU - Sanei, Hamed
N1 - Funding Information: All authors thank Editor-in-Chief Dr. Michael E. Böttcher for handling this manuscript and thank Dr. Jun Shen and two other anonymous reviewers for constructive comments. We thank Dr. L.M.E. Pervical for scientific advices. We acknowledge support from the GeoCenter Denmark project 2017-3 (awarded to NS and AN), NSF-EAR grant 2051199 (AC), CSC scholarship and the Spackman award (BL), and Grant No. SKLOG202115. Publisher Copyright: © 2022
PY - 2022/6/20
Y1 - 2022/6/20
N2 - The late Cambrian witnessed significant biological and environmental changes. However, the main triggers responsible for that formidable turnover remain largely unknown. This study investigates mercury (Hg) enrichments from the late Miaolingian to Furongian section in a unique Alum Shale drilled core obtained from southeast Sweden. Our results show that the background level of Hg is relatively high because of the presence of reducing conditions and continuous Hg supply from water mass. However, our most spectacular findings are the presence of four Hg anomalies. The most pronounced Hg anomalies are characterized by the high values in total Hg (~900 ppb) and Hg/TOC ratio (~80), as well as specific signatures of mass independent fractionation of Hg (MIFs; Δ199Hg, Δ201Hg, and Δ200Hg) that we attribute to volcanic-derived Hg. This Hg loading event occurred immediately after the globally recognized Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE) event and could be attributed to volcanic activities during that period.
AB - The late Cambrian witnessed significant biological and environmental changes. However, the main triggers responsible for that formidable turnover remain largely unknown. This study investigates mercury (Hg) enrichments from the late Miaolingian to Furongian section in a unique Alum Shale drilled core obtained from southeast Sweden. Our results show that the background level of Hg is relatively high because of the presence of reducing conditions and continuous Hg supply from water mass. However, our most spectacular findings are the presence of four Hg anomalies. The most pronounced Hg anomalies are characterized by the high values in total Hg (~900 ppb) and Hg/TOC ratio (~80), as well as specific signatures of mass independent fractionation of Hg (MIFs; Δ199Hg, Δ201Hg, and Δ200Hg) that we attribute to volcanic-derived Hg. This Hg loading event occurred immediately after the globally recognized Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE) event and could be attributed to volcanic activities during that period.
KW - Alum Shale
KW - High mercury enrichment
KW - Late Cambrian
KW - Reducing conditions
KW - Volcanic activities
U2 - 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120846
DO - 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120846
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85127496881
VL - 599
JO - Chemical Geology
JF - Chemical Geology
SN - 0009-2541
M1 - 120846
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