Controls on rare earth element distributions in ancient organic-rich sedimentary sequences: Role of post-depositional diagenesis of phosphorus phases

Yang, Jon; Torres, Marta; McManus, James; Algeo, Thomas J.; Hakala, J. Alexandra; Verba, Circe

doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.07.003

Title: Controls on rare earth element distributions in ancient organic-rich sedimentary sequences: Role of post-depositional diagenesis of phosphorus phases

Journal Article · 08 July 2017 · Chemical Geology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.07.003 · OSTI ID:1485280

^[1]; Torres, Marta ^[1]; McManus, James ^[2]; Algeo, Thomas J. ^[3]; Hakala, J. Alexandra ^[4]; Verba, Circe ^[5]

Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Bigelow Lab. for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME (United States)
Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (United States); China Univ. of Geosciences, Wuhan (China)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Albany, OR (United States)

Here, the processes that dictate the formation and preservation of rare earth element (REE) signatures in ancient marine black shales are incompletely understood, thus potentially limiting the utility of the REEs as geochemical tracers. Here, we report on whole-rock REE analyses of six black shale formations from different ages and depositional settings, which fall within three general groupings: Group 1 is characterized by low whole-rock REE content (ΣREE) (< 250 μg/g) and middle- and heavy-REE-enriched patterns (Gd_N/La_N < 2, Yb_N/La_N < 2.5); Group 2 is characterized by low ΣREE (< 250 μg/g) but greater middle-REE-enriched patterns (Gd_N/La_N > 2, Yb_N/La_N < 3); and Group 3 is characterized by high ΣREE (> 250 μg/g) and moderately middle-REE-enriched patterns (Gd_N/La_N ~ 1.5–2.5, Yb_N/La_N ~ 1). Representative samples from these groups were selected from the Marcellus and Hushpuckney shales and subjected to a multi-step leaching procedure, to isolate four extractable P-phases (reducible, authigenic carbonate-associated, detrital apatite, organic). In Group 1 samples with low carbonate content (< 4% CaCO₃), REEs were hosted mainly in the organic (50% of ΣREE) and siliciclastic fractions (37%); whereas in samples with greater carbonate content (> 25% CaCO₃), REEs were hosted mainly in carbonate-associated phases (53%). In Group 2, REEs were hosted mainly in the carbonate-associated (64%) and organic fractions (30%), and in Group 3, REEs were hosted mainly in the carbonate-associated (60%), detrital apatite (23%), and siliciclastic fractions (16%). Authigenic phases include minerals such as carbonate fluorapatite and authigenic calcite that, if present, tend to dominate the whole-rock REE inventory. In the absence of carbonate, whole-rock REE content depends on the relative REE contributions of the organic and siliciclastic fractions.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Albany, OR (United States)

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