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Kiipli, E. et al., 2010

Distribution of phosphorus in the Middle and Upper Ordovician Baltoscandian carbonate palaeobasin

Kiipli, E., Kiipli, T., Kallaste, T., Ainsaar, L.
DOI10.3176/earth.2010.4.01
Year2010
PublisherEstonian Academy Publishers
JournalEstonian Journal of Earth Sciences
Volume59
Number4
Pages247-255
Typearticle in journal
OpenAccess
LitsentsCC BY 4.0
Estonian author
LanguageEnglish
Id1879

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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