Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective

Matthias Sinnesael; Alessandro Montanari; Rodolfo Coccioni; Fabrizio Frontalini; Jérôme Gattacceca; Christophe Snoeck; Wencke Wegner; Christian Koeberl; Leah E. Morgan; Niels J. De Winter; Donald J. DePaolo; Philippe Claeys

doi:10.1130/2019.2542(07)

Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective

Matthias Sinnesael, Alessandro Montanari, Rodolfo Coccioni, Fabrizio Frontalini, Jérôme Gattacceca, Christophe Snoeck, Wencke Wegner, Christian Koeberl, Leah E. Morgan, Niels J. De Winter, Donald J. DePaolo, Philippe Claeys

Earth Sciences

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

The complete and well-studied pelagic carbonate successions from the Umbria- Marche basin (Italy) permit the study of the event-rich stratigraphic interval around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (e.g., Deccan volcanism, boundary impact, Paleocene recovery, and climate). To test the robustness of various proxy records (bulk carbonate δ¹³C, δ¹⁸O, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, and Ca, Fe, Sr, and Mn concentrations) inside the Umbria-Marche basin, several stratigraphically equivalent sections were investigated (Bottaccione Gorge, Contessa Highway, Fornaci East quarry, Frontale, Morello, and Petriccio core). Besides the classical Gubbio sections of Bottaccione and Contessa, the new Morello section is put forward as an alternative location for this stratigraphic interval because it is less altered by burial diagenesis. Elemental profiles (Ca, Fe, Sr, Mn) acquired by handheld X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) efficiently provide regional chemostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental information. The Deccan volcanism, the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, the characteristic pattern of the Sr/Ca profile across the boundary driven by the extinction and recovery of coccolithophores, and the Dan- C2 hyperthermal event are examples of such recorded paleoenvironmental events. Moreover, cyclostratigraphic analyses of proxies of detrital input (magnetic susceptibility and Fe concentrations) show the imprint in the sedimentary record of a 2.4 m.y. eccentricity minimum around 66.45-66.25 Ma, and suggest that the occurrence of the Dan-C2 hyperthermal event was astronomically paced.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy
Subtitle of host publication	Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco
Editors	Christian Koeberl, David M. Bice
Publisher	Geological Society of America
Pages	133-158
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9780813795423
ISBN (Print)	9780813725420
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/2019.2542(07)
Publication status	Published - 2019

Publication series

Name	Special Paper of the Geological Society of America
Publisher	Geological Society of America
Volume	542
ISSN (Print)	0072-1077

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Association “Le Montagne di San Francesco” in Coldigioco, Italy. Matthias Sinnesael thanks the Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO) for the awarded Ph.D. fellowship (FWOTM782). Christophe Snoeck was supported by a FWO postdoctoral fellowship. Niels J. de Winter was funded by an awarded Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT) Ph.D. Flanders fellowship (IWT700-SB-141047). Philippe Claeys thanks the FWO-Hercules foundation for financing the X-ray fluorescence analytical platform at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Vrije Uni-versiteit Brussel for strategic research funding. We thank Nicola Swinburne for the strontium isotope work, Stef Vansteenberge for constructive comments, and Jan Smit for interesting discussions. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Geological Society of America. All rights reserved.

Access to Document

10.1130/2019.2542(07)

Persistent URL (handle)

Persistent link

Cite this

Sinnesael, M., Montanari, A., Coccioni, R., Frontalini, F., Gattacceca, J., Snoeck, C., Wegner, W., Koeberl, C., Morgan, L. E., De Winter, N. J., DePaolo, D. J., & Claeys, P. (2019). Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective. In C. Koeberl, & D. M. Bice (Eds.), 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco (pp. 133-158). (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America; Vol. 542). Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/2019.2542(07)

Sinnesael, Matthias ; Montanari, Alessandro ; Coccioni, Rodolfo et al. / Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy : An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective. 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco. editor / Christian Koeberl ; David M. Bice. Geological Society of America, 2019. pp. 133-158 (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America).

@inbook{958c507b1fd34b89a6ac0ad3cd60c3c6,

title = "Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective",

abstract = "The complete and well-studied pelagic carbonate successions from the Umbria- Marche basin (Italy) permit the study of the event-rich stratigraphic interval around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (e.g., Deccan volcanism, boundary impact, Paleocene recovery, and climate). To test the robustness of various proxy records (bulk carbonate δ13C, δ18O, 87Sr/86Sr, and Ca, Fe, Sr, and Mn concentrations) inside the Umbria-Marche basin, several stratigraphically equivalent sections were investigated (Bottaccione Gorge, Contessa Highway, Fornaci East quarry, Frontale, Morello, and Petriccio core). Besides the classical Gubbio sections of Bottaccione and Contessa, the new Morello section is put forward as an alternative location for this stratigraphic interval because it is less altered by burial diagenesis. Elemental profiles (Ca, Fe, Sr, Mn) acquired by handheld X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) efficiently provide regional chemostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental information. The Deccan volcanism, the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, the characteristic pattern of the Sr/Ca profile across the boundary driven by the extinction and recovery of coccolithophores, and the Dan- C2 hyperthermal event are examples of such recorded paleoenvironmental events. Moreover, cyclostratigraphic analyses of proxies of detrital input (magnetic susceptibility and Fe concentrations) show the imprint in the sedimentary record of a 2.4 m.y. eccentricity minimum around 66.45-66.25 Ma, and suggest that the occurrence of the Dan-C2 hyperthermal event was astronomically paced.",

author = "Matthias Sinnesael and Alessandro Montanari and Rodolfo Coccioni and Fabrizio Frontalini and J{\'e}r{\^o}me Gattacceca and Christophe Snoeck and Wencke Wegner and Christian Koeberl and Morgan, {Leah E.} and {De Winter}, {Niels J.} and DePaolo, {Donald J.} and Philippe Claeys",

note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Association “Le Montagne di San Francesco” in Coldigioco, Italy. Matthias Sinnesael thanks the Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO) for the awarded Ph.D. fellowship (FWOTM782). Christophe Snoeck was supported by a FWO postdoctoral fellowship. Niels J. de Winter was funded by an awarded Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT) Ph.D. Flanders fellowship (IWT700-SB-141047). Philippe Claeys thanks the FWO-Hercules foundation for financing the X-ray fluorescence analytical platform at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Vrije Uni-versiteit Brussel for strategic research funding. We thank Nicola Swinburne for the strontium isotope work, Stef Vansteenberge for constructive comments, and Jan Smit for interesting discussions. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Geological Society of America. All rights reserved.",

year = "2019",

doi = "10.1130/2019.2542(07)",

language = "English",

isbn = "9780813725420",

series = "Special Paper of the Geological Society of America",

publisher = "Geological Society of America",

pages = "133--158",

editor = "Christian Koeberl and Bice, {David M.}",

booktitle = "250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy",

}

Sinnesael, M, Montanari, A, Coccioni, R, Frontalini, F, Gattacceca, J, Snoeck, C, Wegner, W, Koeberl, C, Morgan, LE, De Winter, NJ, DePaolo, DJ & Claeys, P 2019, Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective. in C Koeberl & DM Bice (eds), 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, vol. 542, Geological Society of America, pp. 133-158. https://doi.org/10.1130/2019.2542(07)

Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective. / Sinnesael, Matthias; Montanari, Alessandro; Coccioni, Rodolfo et al.
250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco. ed. / Christian Koeberl; David M. Bice. Geological Society of America, 2019. p. 133-158 (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America; Vol. 542).

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

TY - CHAP

T1 - Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy

T2 - An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective

AU - Sinnesael, Matthias

AU - Montanari, Alessandro

AU - Coccioni, Rodolfo

AU - Frontalini, Fabrizio

AU - Gattacceca, Jérôme

AU - Snoeck, Christophe

AU - Wegner, Wencke

AU - Koeberl, Christian

AU - Morgan, Leah E.

AU - De Winter, Niels J.

AU - DePaolo, Donald J.

AU - Claeys, Philippe

N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Association “Le Montagne di San Francesco” in Coldigioco, Italy. Matthias Sinnesael thanks the Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO) for the awarded Ph.D. fellowship (FWOTM782). Christophe Snoeck was supported by a FWO postdoctoral fellowship. Niels J. de Winter was funded by an awarded Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT) Ph.D. Flanders fellowship (IWT700-SB-141047). Philippe Claeys thanks the FWO-Hercules foundation for financing the X-ray fluorescence analytical platform at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Vrije Uni-versiteit Brussel for strategic research funding. We thank Nicola Swinburne for the strontium isotope work, Stef Vansteenberge for constructive comments, and Jan Smit for interesting discussions. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. government. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 The Geological Society of America. All rights reserved.

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - The complete and well-studied pelagic carbonate successions from the Umbria- Marche basin (Italy) permit the study of the event-rich stratigraphic interval around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (e.g., Deccan volcanism, boundary impact, Paleocene recovery, and climate). To test the robustness of various proxy records (bulk carbonate δ13C, δ18O, 87Sr/86Sr, and Ca, Fe, Sr, and Mn concentrations) inside the Umbria-Marche basin, several stratigraphically equivalent sections were investigated (Bottaccione Gorge, Contessa Highway, Fornaci East quarry, Frontale, Morello, and Petriccio core). Besides the classical Gubbio sections of Bottaccione and Contessa, the new Morello section is put forward as an alternative location for this stratigraphic interval because it is less altered by burial diagenesis. Elemental profiles (Ca, Fe, Sr, Mn) acquired by handheld X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) efficiently provide regional chemostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental information. The Deccan volcanism, the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, the characteristic pattern of the Sr/Ca profile across the boundary driven by the extinction and recovery of coccolithophores, and the Dan- C2 hyperthermal event are examples of such recorded paleoenvironmental events. Moreover, cyclostratigraphic analyses of proxies of detrital input (magnetic susceptibility and Fe concentrations) show the imprint in the sedimentary record of a 2.4 m.y. eccentricity minimum around 66.45-66.25 Ma, and suggest that the occurrence of the Dan-C2 hyperthermal event was astronomically paced.

AB - The complete and well-studied pelagic carbonate successions from the Umbria- Marche basin (Italy) permit the study of the event-rich stratigraphic interval around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (e.g., Deccan volcanism, boundary impact, Paleocene recovery, and climate). To test the robustness of various proxy records (bulk carbonate δ13C, δ18O, 87Sr/86Sr, and Ca, Fe, Sr, and Mn concentrations) inside the Umbria-Marche basin, several stratigraphically equivalent sections were investigated (Bottaccione Gorge, Contessa Highway, Fornaci East quarry, Frontale, Morello, and Petriccio core). Besides the classical Gubbio sections of Bottaccione and Contessa, the new Morello section is put forward as an alternative location for this stratigraphic interval because it is less altered by burial diagenesis. Elemental profiles (Ca, Fe, Sr, Mn) acquired by handheld X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) efficiently provide regional chemostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental information. The Deccan volcanism, the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, the characteristic pattern of the Sr/Ca profile across the boundary driven by the extinction and recovery of coccolithophores, and the Dan- C2 hyperthermal event are examples of such recorded paleoenvironmental events. Moreover, cyclostratigraphic analyses of proxies of detrital input (magnetic susceptibility and Fe concentrations) show the imprint in the sedimentary record of a 2.4 m.y. eccentricity minimum around 66.45-66.25 Ma, and suggest that the occurrence of the Dan-C2 hyperthermal event was astronomically paced.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078242221&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85078242221&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/book/2157/250-Million-Years-of-Earth-History-in-Central

U2 - 10.1130/2019.2542(07)

DO - 10.1130/2019.2542(07)

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85078242221

SN - 9780813725420

T3 - Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

SP - 133

EP - 158

BT - 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy

A2 - Koeberl, Christian

A2 - Bice, David M.

PB - Geological Society of America

ER -

Sinnesael M, Montanari A, Coccioni R, Frontalini F, Gattacceca J, Snoeck C et al. Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective. In Koeberl C, Bice DM, editors, 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco. Geological Society of America. 2019. p. 133-158. (Special Paper of the Geological Society of America). Epub 2019 Sept 11. doi: 10.1130/2019.2542(07)

Multiproxy cretaceous-paleogene boundary event stratigraphy: An Umbria-marche basinwide perspective

Abstract

Publication series

Bibliographical note

Access to Document

Persistent URL (handle)

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this