Application of LA-ICP-MS to sedimentary phosphatic particles from Tunisian phosphorite deposits: Insights from trace elements and REE into paleo-depositional environments

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-139

  Garnit, Hechmi ^a,b   Bouhlel, Salah ^a,b   Barca, Donatella ^c   Chtara, Chaker ^d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Biotechpole Sidi Thabet   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT)   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coprolites; Laser ablation ICP MS; Paleoenvironments; Phosphatic pellets; Trace and rare earth elements; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COPROLITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84863299891     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Altschuler Z.S. The geochemistry of trace elements in marine phosphorites, Part I. Characteristics abundances and enrichment. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Miner. Spec. Publ. 1980, 29:19-30.
2. Apollaro C., Accornero M., Marini L., Barca D., De Rosa R. The impact of dolomite and plagioclase weathering on the chemistry of shallow groundwaters circulating in a granodiorite-dominated catchment of the Sila Massif (Calabria, Southern Italy). Appl. Geochem. 2009, 24:957-979.
3. Axelsson M.D., Rodushkin I., Bawter D.C., Ingri J., Öhlander B. High spatial resolution of ferromanganese concretions by LA-ICP-MS. Geochem. Trans. 2002, 3(5):40-47.
4. Barba L., Blancas J., Manzanilla L.R., Ortiz A., Barca D., Crisci M., Miriello B. Provenance of the limestone used in Teotihuacan (Mexico): a methodological approach. Archaeometry 2009, 51:525-545.
5. Bau M., Dulski P. Distribution of yttrium and rare-earth elements in the Penge and Kuruman iron-formations, Transvaal Supergroup. Precambrian Res. 1996, 79:37-55.
6. Barca D., Francesco A.M.D., Crisci G.M. Application of Laser Ablation ICP-MS for characterization of obsidian fragments from peri-Tyrrhenian area. J. Cult. Herit. 2007, 8:141-150.
7. Barca D., Belfiore C.M., Crisci G.M., La Russa M.F., Pezzino A., Ruffolo S.A. Application of laser ablation ICP-MS and traditional techniques to the study of black crusts on building stones: a new methodological approach. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2010, 17(8):1433-1447.
8. Bech J., Suarez M., Reverter F., Tume P., Sanchez P., Bech J., Lansac A. Selenium and other trace elements in phosphate rock of Bayovar-Sechura (Peru). J. Geochem. Explor. 2009, 107:136-145.
9. Béji-Sassi, A., 1999. Les phosphates dans les basins Paléogènes de la partie méridionale de l'axe Nord-Sud (Tunisie). Thèse Doct. Etat. Univ. Tunis II, Tunisie.
10. Béji-Sassi A., Laridhi-Ouzaa N., Zaïer A., Clocchiatti R. Paleocene-Early Eocene alkaline volcanic activity in Tunisia phosphatic sediments. Comparison with Cretaceous magmatism and geodynamic significance. Les journées de L'ETAP 2001, 47-58.
11. Béji-Sassi A., Zaïer A., Joron J.L., Treuil M. Rare earth elements distribution of Tertiary phosphorites in Tunisia. Miner. Deposit Res.: Meet. Global Challenge 2005, 2:1061-1064.
12. Belayouni, H., 1983. Etude de la matière organique dans la série phosphatée du bassin de Gafsa-Métlaoui (Tunisie): application à la compréhension des mécanismes de la phosphatogenèse. Thèse Doct. Es-Sci. Univ. Orléans, France.
13. Bertelli M., Baker T., Cleverley J.S., Ulrich T. Geochemical modelling of a Zn-Pb skarn: constraints from LA-ICP-MS analysis of fluid inclusions. J. Geochem. Explor. 2009, 102:13-26.
14. Byrne R.H., Lee J.H. Comparative yttrium and rare earth element chemistries in seawater. Mar. Chem. 1993, 44:121-130.
15. Chaabani, F., 1995. Dynamique de la partie orientale du bassin de Gafsa au Crétacé et au Paléogène: Etude minéralogique et géochimique de la série phosphatée Eocène, Tunisie méridionale. Thèse Doct. Etat, Univ. Tunis II, Tunisie.
16. Clocchiatti R., Sassi S. Découverte d'un témoin d'un volcanisme paléocène à éocène dans le bassin phosphaté de Métlaoui (Tunisie méridionale). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 1972, 324:205-212.
17. Cook N.J., Ciobanu C.L., Pring A., Skinner W., Shimizu M., Danyushevsky L., Saini-Eidukat B., Melcher F. Trace and minor elements in sphalerite: a LA-ICPMS study. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2009, 73:4761-4791.
18. Donelick R.A., O'Sullivan P.B., Ketcham R.A., Hendriks B.W.H., Redfield T.F. Relative U and Th concentrations from LA-ICP-MS for apatite Fission-Track Grain-Age dating. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2006, 70:A143.
19. Eggins S.M., Woodhead J., Kinsley L., Sylvester P., McCulloch M.T., Hergt J.M., Handler M.R. A simple method for the precise determination of 40 or more trace elements in geological samples by ICP-MS using enriched isotope internal standardisation. Chem. Geol. 1997, 134:311-326.
20. Francesco, A.M.D., Bocci, M., Crisci, G.M., Lanzafame, U., 2005. Carratterizzazione archeometrica della ossidiane del M.Arci: confronto fra metodologia tradizionale in XRF e metodologia XRF non distruttiva, Atti del III Convegno Iternazionale "L'ossidiana del Monte Arci nel Meditterraneo" Pau (OR) Ed.PTM (OR), pp. 117-128.
21. Fryer B.J., Jackson S.E., Longerich H.P. The design, operation and role of the laser-ablation microprobe coupled with an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (LAM-ICP-MS) in the earth Sciences. Can. Miner. 1995, 33:303-312.
22. Gao S., Liu X., Yuan H., Hattendorf B., Gunther D., Chen L., Hu S. Determination of forty-two major and trace elements in USGS and NIST SRM glasses by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Geostandards Newsl. J. Geostand. Geoanal. 2002, 26(2):181-196.
23. German C.R., Elderfield H. Rare earth elements in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, a seasonally anoxic basin. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1989, 53:2561-2571.
24. Glenn R.C., Follmi K.B., Riggs S.R., Baturin G.N., Grimm K.A., Trappe J., Abed A.M., Galli-Olivier C., Garrison R.E., Ilyin A., Jehl C., Roharlich V., Sadaqah R.M., Schidlowski M., Sheldon R.E., Siegmund H. Phosphorus and phosphorites: sedimentology and environments of formation. Eclogae Geol. Helv. 1994, 87:747-788.
25. Gulbrandsen R.A. Chemical composition of the phosphorites of the Phosphoria Formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1966, 30:769-778.
26. Gunther D., Heinrich C.A. Enhanced sensitivity in laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry using helium-argon mixtures as aerosol carrier. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1999, 14:1363-1368.
27. 144Nd ratios in fish remains. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1987, 84:181-196.
28. Jarvis I., Burnett W., Nathan Y., Almbaydin F.S.M., Attia A.K.M., Castro L.N., Flicoteaux R., Hilmy M.E., Husain V., Qutawah A.A., Serjani A., Zanin Y.N. Phosphorite geochemistry: state of the art and environmental concerns. Eclogae Geol. Helv. 1994, 87:643-700.
29. Jiang S.Y., Zhao H.X., Chen Y.Q., Yang T., Yang J.Y., Ling H.F. Trace and rare earth element geochemistry of phosphate nodules from the lower Cambrian black shale sequence in the Mufu Mountain of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Chem. Geol. 2007, 244:584-604.
30. Ilyin A.V. Rare earth elements geochemistry of old phosphorites and probability of syngenetic precipitation and accumulation of phosphate. Chem. Geol. 1998, 144:243-256.
31. Kidder D., Krishnaswamy P., Mapes P. Elemental mobility in phosphatic shales during concretion growth and implications for provenance analysis. Chem. Geol. 2003, 198:335-353.
32. Koenig A.E., Rogers R.R., Trueman C.N. Visualizing fossilization using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry maps of trace element in Late Cretaceous bones. Geology 2009, 37(6):511-514.
33. Kosler J. Laser ablation ICP-MS - a new dating tool in Earth Science. Proceedings of Geologist's Association 118 2007, 19-24.
34. Lamboy M., Rao V.P., Ahmed E., Azzouzi N. Nanostructure and significance of fish coprolites in phosphorites. Mar. Geol. 1994, 120(3-4):373-383.
35. Lucas J., Prevot-Lucas L. Tethyan phosphates and bioproductites. The Ocean Basins and Margins - The Tethys Ocean 1995, vol. 8:367-391. Plenum Press.
36. McArthur J.M., Walsh J.N. Rare-earth geochemistry of phosphorites. Chem. Geol. 1984, 47:191-220.
37. McLennan S.M. Rare earth elements in sedimentary rocks: influence of provenance and sedimentary processes. Min. Soc. Am. Rev. Miner. 1989, 21:169-200.
38. Möller P., Bau M. Rare-earth patterns with positive cerium anomaly in alkaline waters from Lake Van, Turkey. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1993, 117:671-676.
39. Notholt A.J.G. Economic phosphatic sediments: mode of occurrence and stratigraphical distribution. J. Geol. Soc. (Lond.) 1980, 137:793-805.
40. Notholt A.J.G., Sheldon R.P., Davidson D.F. Phosphate Deposits of the World. Phosphate Rock Resources 1989, vol. 2. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 566 pp.
41. Ogihara S. Geochemical characteristics of phosphorite and carbonate nodules from the Miocene Funakawa Formation, western margin of the Yokote Basin, northeast Japan. Sedim. Geol. 1999, 125:69-82.
42. 18O) of phosphorite deposits in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 2008, 268:1-18.
43. Pearce N.J.G., Perkins W.T., Westgate J.A., Gorton M.P., Jackson S.E., Neal C.R., Chenery S.P. A compilation of new and published major and trace data for NIST SRM 610 and NIST SRM 612 glass reference materials. Geostandards Newsl. J. Geostand. Geoanal. 1997, 21(1):115-144.
44. Prévôt L. Geochemistry, petrography, genesis of Cretaceous-Eocene phosphorites. Mém. Soc. Géol. Fr. 1990, 158.
45. Reynard B., Lécuyer C., Grandjean P. Crystal-chemical controls on rare earth element concentrations in fossil biogenic apatites and implications for paleoenviromental reconstructions. Chem. Geol. 1999, 155:233-241.
46. Rogers R.R., Fricke H.C., Addona V., Canavan R.R., Dwyer C.N., Harwood C.L., Koenig A.E., Murray R., Thole J.T., Williams J. Using ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to explore geochemical taphonomy of vertebrate fossils in the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine and Judith River Formations of Montana. Palaios 2010, 25:183-195.
47. Sassi, S., 1974. La sédimentation phosphatée au Paléocène dans le Sud et le Centre Ouest de la Tunisie. Thèse Doct. ès-Sci. Univ. Paris Sud Orsay, France.
48. Scarciglia F., Barca D., Rosa R.D., Pulice I. Application of laser ablation ICP-MS and traditional micromorphological techniques to the study of an Alfisol (Sardinia, Italy) in thin sections: Insights into trace elements. Geoderma 2009, 152:113-126.
49. Sheldon R.P. Association of phosphatic and siliceous marine sedimentary deposits. Siliceous Sedimentary Rock-hosted Ores and Petroleum 1987, 58-80. Van Norstrand Reinhold Co, New York. J.R. Hein (Ed.).
50. Shields G., Stille P. Diagenetic constraints on the use of cerium anomalies as palaeoseawater redox proxies: an isotopic and REE study of Cambrian phosphorites. Chem. Geol. 2001, 175:29-48.
51. Shields G.A., Webb G.E. Has the REE composition of seawater changed over geologic time. Chem. Geol. 2004, 204:103-107.
52. Tlig S., Sassi S., Belayouni H., Michel D. Distribution de l'uranium, du thorium, du zirconium, du hafnium et des terres rares (TR) dans des grains de phosphates sédimentaires. Chem. Geol. 1987, 62:209-221.
53. Tribovillard N., Algeo T.J., Lyons T., Riboulleau A. Trace metals as paleoredox and paleoproductivity proxies: an update. Chem. Geol. 2006, 232:12-32.
54. Tóth E., Weiszburg T.G., Jeffries T., Williams C.T., Bartha A., Bertalan É., Cora I. Submicroscopic accessory minerals overprinting clay mineral REE patterns (celadonite-glauconite group examples). Chem. Geol. 2010, 269:312-328.
55. Vlachou-Mogire C., Stern B., McDonnell J.G. The application of LA-ICP-MS in the examination of the thin plating layers found in late Roman coins. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. 2007, B(265):558-568.
56. Wedepohl K.H. Environmental influences on the chemical composition of shales and clays. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 1971, 305-333. Pergamon, Oxford. L.H. Ahrens, F. Press, S.K. Runcorn, H.C. Urey (Eds.).
57. Wedepohl K.H. The composition of the upper Earth's crust and the natural cycles of selected metals. Metals in raw materials. Natural resources. Metals and Their Compounds in the Environment (Part I) 1991, 1-10. VCH, Wenheim. E. Merian (Ed.).
58. Winnock E. Les dépôts de L'Eocène au Nord de l'Afrique: aperçu paléogéographique de l'ensemble. BRGM 1980, 24:219-243.
59. Wright J., Schrader H., Holser W.T. Paleoredox variations in ancient oceans recorded by rare earth elements in fossil apatite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1987, 51:631-644.
60. Zaïer A., Béji-Sassi A., Sassi S., Moody R.T.J. Basin evolution and deposition during the Early Paleocene in Tunisia. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. 1998, 132:375-393.
61. Zaïer, A., 1999. Evolution tectno-sédimentaire du bassin phosphate du centre-ouest de la Tunisie minéralogie, pétrographie, géochimie et genèse des phosphorites. Thèse Doct. Es-Sci. Univ. Tunis II.