Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes during the deposition of Upper Jurassic bauxites and their immediate cover: case study of the Rovinj bauxite pit, Istria, Croatia

Znanstveni rad - Sažetak

• Autor: Ivor Perković
• Autor: Goran Durn
• Autor: Blanka Cvetko Tešović
• Autor: Srečo D. Škapin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-0421
• Autor: Darko Matešić
• Autor: Igor Vlahović
• Autor: Maja Martinuš
• Autor: Milan Mihovilović
• Autor: Tianchen He https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-8667
• Autor: Robert J. Newton https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-6867
• Autorova ustanova: Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Rudarsko-geološko-naftni fakultet; (Zavod za mineralogiju, petrologiju i mineralne sirovine)
• Znanstveno / umjetničko područje, polje i grana: PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI; Geologija

Sažetak (engleski)

The aim of this study was the reconstruction of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes which occurred during the deposition of Upper Jurassic bauxite, and their cover beds, which comprise a cyclic alternation of clays, limestones, and black pebble breccias. Clay and bulk mineralogy, geochemistry and micromorphology of bauxites and clays was studied using XRPD, SEM-EDS, ICP-MS, XRF, AAS and petrography. The bauxite is composed from haematite, boehmite and kaolinite with variable amounts of 14 Å clay, illite and titanium oxides. The composition of major oxides is consistent with the mineralogical composition and is uniform throughout the profile. The values of rare earth elements and variations in the trace element values displayed differences throughout the bauxite profile, distinguishing two bauxite sections, both capped by two clay illuviation rich horizons. The upper section has numerous erosional features and clastic bauxite beds, which when coupled with its different trace elemental fingerprint indicates its deposition over the older pelitomorphic section. This change is likely a consequence of a paleoclimatic shift towards a more seasonal climate during the formation of the younger part of the bauxite. This can be related to the oscillating transgression succeeding the bauxite formation, which is recorded in the cyclical beds covering the bauxite. The clays from the cover beds are composed from dioctahedral vermiculite, kaolinite, illite and a mixed-layer clay mineral (MLCM) consisting of illite and dioctahedral 14 Å phyllosilicate. The increase in illite and MLCM over kaolinite and the increase in Sr/Ba ratio along the profile, indicate a change from a lacustrine towards a marine environment. The iron speciation data supports this, as it recorded the redox changes which indicate a transition from a closed lacustrine environment to an open marine environment. Overall, the study of both bauxites and their cover, allowed a detailed reconstruction of a late Kimmeridgian transgression that followed a terrestrial phase in this part of the Adriatic carbonate platform. This work has been fully supported by Croatian Science Foundation under the project IP-2019-04-8054 – Wian- Lab (Western Istrian Anticline as an Ideal Natural Laboratory for the Study of the Regional Unconformities in Carbonate Rocks).

• Jezik: engleski
• Vrsta publikacije: Znanstveni rad - Sažetak
• Status objave: Objavljen
• Vrsta recenzije: Recenziran - međunarodna recenzija
• Verzija publikacije: Objavljena verzija rada (izdavačev PDF)
• Naslov zbornika: Abstracts book / 36th International Meeting of Sedimentology
• Brojčani podaci: str. 419
• ISBN: 978-953-6907-79-3
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:169:996522
• Datum objave publikacije: 2023
• Projekt: Šifra: IP-2019-04-8054; Naziv (hrvatski): Zapadnoistarska antiklinala kao idealni prirodni laboratorij za proučavanje regionalnih diskordancija u karbonatnim stijenama; Kratica: WIANLab; Voditelj: Goran Durn; Pravna nadležnost: Hrvatska; Financijer: HRZZ; Linija financiranja: IP
• Skup: Naziv: 36th International Meeting of Sedimentology; Kratica: IAS; Lokacija: Dubrovnik, Hrvatska; Organizator: Croatian Geological Society (HGD); Organizator: International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS); Datum početka: 2023-06-12; Datum završetka: 2023-06-16; Vrsta izlaganja: Postersko izlaganje
• URL dokumenta: https://iasdubrovnik2023.org/index.php
• Vrsta resursa: Tekst
• Izdavač: Croatian Geological Society (HGD)
• Mjesto izdavanja: Zagreb
• Prava pristupa: Otvoreni pristup
• Datum i vrijeme pohrane: 2023-09-28 09:20:32