Evaluating Taphonomic Bias in a Storm-Disturbed Carbonate Platform: Effects of Compositional and Environmental Factors in Lower Jurassic Brachiopod Accumulations (Eastern Subbetic Basin, Spain)
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Title: | Evaluating Taphonomic Bias in a Storm-Disturbed Carbonate Platform: Effects of Compositional and Environmental Factors in Lower Jurassic Brachiopod Accumulations (Eastern Subbetic Basin, Spain) |
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Authors: | Baeza Carratalá, José Francisco | Giannetti, Alice | Tent-Manclus, Jose Enrique | García Joral, Fernando |
Research Group/s: | Cambios Paleoambientales | Evolución Geodinámica de la Cordillera Bética Oriental y de la Plataforma Marina de Alicante |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente |
Keywords: | Taphonomic bias | Brachiopod accumulations | Lower Jurassic Subbetic deposits | Preservation pattern |
Knowledge Area: | Paleontología | Geodinámica Interna |
Issue Date: | Feb-2014 |
Publisher: | SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) |
Citation: | Palaios. 2014, 29(2): 55-73. doi:10.2110/palo.2013.041 |
Abstract: | In order to evaluate taxonomic and environmental control on the preservation pattern of brachiopod accumulations, sedimentologic and taphonomic data have been integrated with those inferred from the structure of brachiopod accumulations from the easternmost Lower Jurassic Subbetic deposits in Spain. Two brachiopod communities (Praesphaeroidothyris and Securina communities) were distinguished showing a mainly free-lying way of life in soft-bottom habitats. Three taphofacies are discriminated based on proportion of disarticulation, fragmentation, packing, and shell filling. Taphofacies 1 is represented by thinly fragmented, dispersed brachiopod shells in wackestone beds. Taphofacies 2 is spatially restricted to small lenses where shells are poorly fragmented, rarely disarticulated, usually void filled, and highly packed. Taphofacies 3 is represented by mud or cement filled, loosely packed, articulated brachiopods forming large pocket-like structures. Temporal and spatial averaging were minimally involved in taphofacies 2 and 3. It is interpreted that patchy preservation implies preservation of primary original patchiness of brachiopod communities on the seafloor. The origin of shell-rich taphofacies (2 and 3) is related to rapid burial due to episodic storm activity, while shell-poor taphofacies 1 records background conditions. The nature and comparative diversity of these taphofacies underscores the importance of rapid burial for shell beds preservation. Differences in preservation between taphofacies 2 and 3 are mainly related to environmental criteria, most importantly storm energy and water depth. In contrast, the taxonomic-specific pattern of the communities is a subordinate element of control, controlling only minor within-taphofacies differences in preservation. |
Sponsor: | The present research is supported by Research Group VIGROB-167 (University of Alicante), and by research projects CGL2011-25894, CGL2011-23947 (MICINN, Spain), and GR58/08B/910431 of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/46462 |
ISSN: | 0883-1351 (Print) | 1938-5323 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.2110/palo.2013.041 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2014, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2013.041 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - CP - Artículos de Revistas INV - GEODIN - Artículos de Revistas |
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