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Authigenesis of native sulphur and dolomite in a lacustrine evaporitic setting (Hellín basin, Late Miocene, SE Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2011

J. LINDTKE ,
S. B. ZIEGENBALG ,
B. BRUNNER ,
J. M. ROUCHY ,
C. PIERRE  and
J. PECKMANN
J. LINDTKE
Affiliation:
MARUM, Universität Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
S. B. ZIEGENBALG
Affiliation:
MARUM, Universität Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
B. BRUNNER
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, 28359 Bremen, Germany
J. M. ROUCHY
Affiliation:
Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
C. PIERRE
Affiliation:
CNRS-UMR 7159, LOCEAN, Univ. P. and M. Curie, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
J. PECKMANN*
Affiliation:
Department für Geodynamik und Sedimentologie, Erdwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien, Austria
*
†Author for correspondence: joern.peckmann@univie.ac.at
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Abstract

Abundant sulphur is present in the Late Miocene evaporitic sequence of the lacustrine Hellín basin in SE Spain. Weathering of Triassic evaporites controlled the chemical composition of the Miocene lake. The lacustrine deposits comprise gypsum, marlstones, diatomites and carbonate beds. Sulphur-bearing carbonate deposits predominantly consist of early diagenetic dolomite. Abundant dolomite crystals with a spheroidal habit are in accordance with an early formation and point to a microbial origin. The carbon isotopic composition of the dolomite (δ13C values between −10 and −4‰) indicates mixing of lake water carbonate and carbonate derived from the remineralization of organic matter by heterotrophic bacteria. Dolomite precipitated syngenetically under evaporitic conditions as indicated by high oxygen isotope values (δ18O between +6 and +11‰). Nodules of native sulphur are found in gypsum, carbonate beds and marlstone layers. Sulphur formed in the course of microbial sulphate reduction, as reflected by its strong depletion in 34S (δ34S values as low as −17‰). Near to the surface many of the sulphur nodules were in part or completely substituted by secondary gypsum, which still reflects the sulphur isotopic composition of native sulphur (−18 to −10‰). This study exemplifies the role of bacterial sulphate reduction in the formation of dolomite and native sulphur in a semi-enclosed lacustrine basin during Late Miocene time.

Keywords

native sulphurauthigenic dolomitebacterial sulphate reductionlacustrine setting
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Geological Magazine , Volume 148 , Issue 4 , July 2011 , pp. 655 - 669
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