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14. Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of Lower to Middle Cambrian sediments at Taijiang, Guizhou Province, China

Author

Guo, Qing-Jun, Strauss, Harald, Liu, Cong-Qiang, Zhao, Yuan-Long, Pi, Dao-Hui, Fu, Ping-Qing, Zhu, Li-Jun, and Yang, Rui-Dong

Subjects
Carbon -- Isotopes, Carbon -- Environmental aspects, Oxygen -- Isotopes, Oxygen -- Environmental aspects, Earth sciences
Abstract

Secular variations in the carbon isotopic composition of organic and carbonate carbon characterize the Lower to Middle Cambrian transition that is exposed on the Yangtze Platform at Taijiang, Guizhou Province, southern China. [[delta].sup.13]C values for organic matter range between -33.4 and -26.5%[per thousand]. The carbon isotopic composition for carbonate carbon fluctuates between -2.7 and +3.1%[per thousand]. A progressive decrease in the isotopic difference (A6) between these two isotope records reflects a decrease in the proportional contribution of bacterial biomass to the total sedimentary organic matter. In general, the observed changes are interpreted to reflect primary depositional values, notably variations in the burial rates of organic matter. These, in turn, are linked to biological changes across the Lower to Middle Cambrian transition. No distinct shift in the carbon isotopic composition marks the proposed Lower Middle Cambrian boundary. Keywords: Lower-Middle Cambrian, carbon and oxygen isotopic composition, sedimentary organic matter, chemostratigraphic correlation, China.

Published
2005

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