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Diagenesis, regular growth and records of seasonality in inoceramid bivalve shells from mid-Maastrichtian hemipelagic beds of the Bay of Biscay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

J.J. Gómez-Alday  and
J. Elorza
J.J. Gómez-Alday
Affiliation:
Departamento de Mineralogía-Petrología, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain; e-mail:nppelzaj@lg.ehu.es
J. Elorza
Affiliation:
Departamento de Mineralogía-Petrología, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain; e-mail:nppelzaj@lg.ehu.es
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Inoceramid bivalve shells from outcrops of mid-Maastrichtian deep-water carbonate, hemipelagic beds in the Bay of Biscay exhibit post-depositional diagenetic alteration. New data from isotopic analysis (carbon and oxygen), together with observations of the inoceramid shells and carbonate host-rock using cathodoluminescence (CL) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), confirm a lateral, westerly increase in the degree of diagenesis, without any substantial textural changes in the alternating dark and clear growth lines of the shell microstructure. Under CL, a bright yellowish to red colour is observed in the most diagenetically altered inoceramid samples. Non-luminescent areas are restricted to the central parts of the less altered shells. A detailed geochemical analysis by electron microprobe, along intrashell profiles of the non-luminescent and luminescent zones has revealed that Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Na/Ca, Fe/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios show oscillatory curves but behave differently. Fe/Ca, Mn/Ca and Na/Ca ratios are well correlated but usually show an opposite relationship when compared with the Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios of both luminescent and non-luminescent shell areas. Our findings have palaeoenvironmental implications in that the geochemistry of the regular, alternating dark and clear growth lines seems to be related to the input of seasonally controlled phytodetritus to the basin floor.

Keywords

inoceramidsdeep-water settingseasonalitystable isotopesminor and trace elementsdiagenesismid-MaastrichtianBasque-Cantabrian basin
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 82 , Special Issue 3 , August 2003 , pp. 289 - 301
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2003

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