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Global Events and Event Stratigraphy in the Phanerozoic pp 63–88Cite as

Global Isotopic Events

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More than 60 global “events” have been identified in the isotopic records of ∂ 13C, ∂ 18O, ∂ 34S and 87Sr/86Sr. Over half of these are carbon isotopic events, about equally divided between positive excursions (or a simple rise) and negative excursions (or a fall). The positive excursions generally have been ascribed to “oceanic anoxic events” or similar incidents of gross storage of organic carbon, and negative isotopic events have been related to a catastrophic reduction of primary productivity, but many records suggest a complex origin. Likewise strontium isotopic shifts are generally related to changes in the balance of inputs to the ocean of light strontium from reaction with MOR basalts and of heavy strontium from uplift and erosion of old cratonic terranes. Despite this variety of origins, most of the isotopic events of these elements have potential for worldwide stratigraphic correlation, with resolution that may equal or exceed that of biostratigraphy. Diagenetic distortion of isotopic profiles should be minimized by screening samples with appropriate textural and trace element criteria.

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