A Baltic Perspective on the Early to Early Late Ordovician δ13C and δ18O Records and Its Paleoenvironmental Significance

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The current study presents new bed-by-bed brachiopod δ13C and δ18O records from Öland, Sweden, which together with previously published data from the East Baltic region, constitutes a high-resolution paired brachiopod and bulk rock carbon and oxygen isotope archive through the Lower to Upper Ordovician successions of Baltoscandia. This new data set refines the temporal control on the global Ordovician δ18O-trend considerably, improving paleoenvironmental reconstructions through the main phase of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE). The new brachiopod carbon and oxygen isotope records from Öland display strong similarity with the East Baltic records, elucidating the regional consistency as well as global correlation utility of the ensuing composite Baltoscandian Lower to Middle Ordovician carbon and oxygen isotope record. The carbon isotope record from Öland indicates that the widely reported Middle Ordovician carbon cycle perturbation—MDICE (Mid-Darriwilian Carbon Isotope Excursion)—is recorded in both brachiopods and bulk carbonates. The oxygen isotope record reveals a long-term Lower to Upper Ordovician trend of increasingly heavier brachiopod δ18O values, with a pronounced increase during the Middle Ordovician Darriwilian Stage. We interpret this trend as dominantly reflecting a paleotemperature signal indicating progressively cooler Early to Middle Ordovician climate with glacio-eustasy. Our Baltic δ18O values are therefore consistent with postulations that the biotic radiations during the GOBE and climatic cooling during the Darriwilian were strongly linked.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2021PA004309
JournalPaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Volume37
Issue number3
Number of pages26
ISSN2572-4517
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

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The authors acknowledge Bo Petersen for help with isotope analysis, Laurent Nicod, and Claudia Baumgartner (UNIL) for help with thin-section preparation. Morten L. Nielsen, Bristol, is thanked for field assistance, as are Cementa, the company operating the Degerhamn quarry, who permitted us to collect samples, and L?nsstyrelsen in Kalmar who gave permission to GB and SS to sample the sections at Horns Udde. The study was funded by GeoCenter Denmark Grant nos. 2015-5 and 3-2017 to CM?R. This study is a contribution to IGCP project 735 ? "Rocks and the Rise of Ordovician Life (Rocks n' ROL)"

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Bo Petersen for help with isotope analysis, Laurent Nicod, and Claudia Baumgartner (UNIL) for help with thin‐section preparation. Morten L. Nielsen, Bristol, is thanked for field assistance, as are Cementa, the company operating the Degerhamn quarry, who permitted us to collect samples, and Länsstyrelsen in Kalmar who gave permission to GB and SS to sample the sections at Horns Udde. The study was funded by GeoCenter Denmark Grant nos. 2015‐5 and 3‐2017 to CMØR. This study is a contribution to IGCP project 735 − "Rocks and the Rise of Ordovician Life (Rocks n' ROL)"

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    Research areas

  • brachiopods, Early Paleozoic, Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), paleoclimate, stable isotopes, Öland

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