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Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

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Distribution of phosphorus in the Middle and Upper Ordovician Baltoscandian carbonate palaeobasin; pp. 247–255

PDF | doi: 10.3176/earth.2010.4.01

Authors

Enli Kiipli, Tarmo Kiipli, Toivo Kallaste, Leho Ainsaar

Abstract

Baltoscandian Middle and Upper Ordovician carbonate rocks are relatively poor in phosphorus, with the P₂O₅ content of 0.05–0.5%, rarely exceeding 1%. Phosphorus distribution in the Ordovician carbonate succession shows spatial and temporal variations. In the Estonian Shelf P content is the highest in the Middle Ordovician, close to the Tremadocian P-rich siliciclastic sediments, decreasing towards younger carbonate rocks. In the basinal, i.e. deep shelf, sections two intervals of elevated P contents occur: the first is similar to the shallow shelf in the lowermost Darriwilian, the second is a moderate P increase in the upper Darriwilian–Sandbian interval. The Darriwilian–Sandbian interval of elevated P content in the deep shelf sections roughly corresponds to algal kukersite accumulations in the shallow shelf. Multiple processes determined phosphorus distribution in the studied sediments. Regional processes influencing P distribution include seawater circulation, e.g. P influx by coastal upwellings, and sedimentation rate. Global oceanic variation in bioproduction (δ¹³C trends) had no positive effect on P accumulation in the Baltoscandian epeiric sea.

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