A mid-Permian chert event: widespread deposition of biogenic siliceous sediments in coastal, island arc and oceanic basins
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
By: B. L. Murchey and D. L. Jones
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Abstract
Radiolarian and conodont of Permian siliceous rocks from twenty-three areas in teh the circum-Pacific and Mediterranean regions reveal a widespread Permian Chert Event during the middle Leonardian to Wordian. Radiolarian- and (or) sponge spicule-rich siliceous sediments accumulated beneath high productivity zones in coastal, island arc and oceanic basins. Most of these deposits now crop out in fault-bounded accreted terranes. Biogenic siliceous sediments did not accumulate in terranes lying beneath infertile waters including the marine sequences in terranes of northern and central Alaska. The Permian Chert Event is coeval with major phosphorite deposition along the western margin of Pangea (Phosphoria Formation and related deposits). A well-known analogue for this event is middle Miocene deposition of biogenic siliceous sediments beneath high productivity zones in many parts of the Pacific and concurrent deposition of phosphatic as well as siliceous sediments in basins along the coast of California. Interrelated factors associated with both the Miocene and Permian depositional events include plate reorientations, small sea-level rises and cool polar waters. ?? 1992.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A mid-Permian chert event: widespread deposition of biogenic siliceous sediments in coastal, island arc and oceanic basins |
| Series title | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Year Published | 1992 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |
| First page | 161 |
| Last page | 174 |
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