The 87Sr/86Sr, REE and MoU systematics were investigated in Miocene seep carbonates formed on accretionary ridges at the front of the northern Apennine wedge. Here we evaluate fluid sources, seepage intensity and redox conditions during carbonate precipitation. Micrite matrix and early calcite cements lining cavities are the main authigenic carbonate phases and show negligible diagenetic alteration. Their AOM-related (anaerobic oxidation of methane) origin is evident from δ13C values ranging from −38.7‰ to −25.7‰. The 87Sr/86Sr ratios in carbonates vary between 0.708659 and 0.709132. Most micrite values fall within the range of Middle Miocene seawater (Langhian, MNN5a biozone), in agreement with the biostratigraphy of the host sediments, thus reflecting precipitation of seep carbonates close to the seafloor. Highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios, of early calcite cements and micrite from conduit-rich facies at the base of carbonate bodies, likely derived from the interaction of fluids with detrital clays during the fault-controlled upward migration through the underlying terrigenous turbidite successions. Strong Mo and U enrichments in carbonates, with MoEF and UEF up to 233.5 and 86.6 respectively, coupled with (Mo/U)EF ratios ranging between 0.7 and 9.7, indicate dynamic redox conditions, episodically sulfidic and restricted to porewaters. This interpretation is also supported by enrichments in MREE of micrites and a general absence of negative Ce anomalies. These new data provide an indirect indication of rates and temporal variability of AOM at fossil methane seeps developed on a thrust related anticline and help to constrain the complex interaction between fluid migration pathways, seepage intensity and environmental conditions as observed in modern seep analogues.

A deep fluid source of radiogenic Sr and highly dynamic seepage conditions recorded in Miocene seep carbonates of the northern Apennines (Italy) / Argentino, C.; Lugli, F.; Cipriani, A.; Conti, S.; Fontana, D.. - In: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY. - ISSN 0009-2541. - 522:(2019), pp. 135-147. [10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.05.029]

A deep fluid source of radiogenic Sr and highly dynamic seepage conditions recorded in Miocene seep carbonates of the northern Apennines (Italy)

Argentino, C.;Lugli, F.;Cipriani, A.;Conti, S.;Fontana, D.
2019

Abstract

The 87Sr/86Sr, REE and MoU systematics were investigated in Miocene seep carbonates formed on accretionary ridges at the front of the northern Apennine wedge. Here we evaluate fluid sources, seepage intensity and redox conditions during carbonate precipitation. Micrite matrix and early calcite cements lining cavities are the main authigenic carbonate phases and show negligible diagenetic alteration. Their AOM-related (anaerobic oxidation of methane) origin is evident from δ13C values ranging from −38.7‰ to −25.7‰. The 87Sr/86Sr ratios in carbonates vary between 0.708659 and 0.709132. Most micrite values fall within the range of Middle Miocene seawater (Langhian, MNN5a biozone), in agreement with the biostratigraphy of the host sediments, thus reflecting precipitation of seep carbonates close to the seafloor. Highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios, of early calcite cements and micrite from conduit-rich facies at the base of carbonate bodies, likely derived from the interaction of fluids with detrital clays during the fault-controlled upward migration through the underlying terrigenous turbidite successions. Strong Mo and U enrichments in carbonates, with MoEF and UEF up to 233.5 and 86.6 respectively, coupled with (Mo/U)EF ratios ranging between 0.7 and 9.7, indicate dynamic redox conditions, episodically sulfidic and restricted to porewaters. This interpretation is also supported by enrichments in MREE of micrites and a general absence of negative Ce anomalies. These new data provide an indirect indication of rates and temporal variability of AOM at fossil methane seeps developed on a thrust related anticline and help to constrain the complex interaction between fluid migration pathways, seepage intensity and environmental conditions as observed in modern seep analogues.
2019
522
135
147
A deep fluid source of radiogenic Sr and highly dynamic seepage conditions recorded in Miocene seep carbonates of the northern Apennines (Italy) / Argentino, C.; Lugli, F.; Cipriani, A.; Conti, S.; Fontana, D.. - In: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY. - ISSN 0009-2541. - 522:(2019), pp. 135-147. [10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.05.029]
Argentino, C.; Lugli, F.; Cipriani, A.; Conti, S.; Fontana, D.
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