Global correlation of basal Triassic layers in the light of the first carbon isotope data on the Permian-Triassic boundary in Northeast Asia

This paper is dedicated to the global correlation of the marine Permian-Triassic boundary layers based on some published and original data on the δ¹³C_org and δ¹³C_carb values obtained for the section along the Suol Creek (Setorym River, southern Verkhoyansk region). The section includes six carbon-isotope intervals readily distinguished in the corresponding curves obtained for several Permian and Triassic reference sections in Eurasia and North America including palleontologically well substantiated sections of central Iran, Kashmir, and South China. This provides grounds for assuming the Permian-Triassic boundary’s position in the Suol Creek section as being close to the carbon-isotope minimum of Interval IV. In the light of new data, the upper part of the Upper Permian Changhsingian Stage in Siberia is proposed to correspond in range to the Otoceras concavum range zone, and the lower substage of the Lower Triassic Induan Stage, to the Tompophiceras pascoei and Wordieoceras decipiens zones. The Otoceras concavum Zone of the Verkhoyansk region in its new understanding is likely correlative with the upper Changhsingian Hypophiceras triviale Zone of Greenland. Carbon-isotope intervals II, III, IV, and V defined in the Permian-Triassic boundary layers of the Verkhoyansk region, which are traceable in several reference sections of Eurasia and North America, evidently coincide with the period of some intensification of the volcanic activity in the initial late Changhsingian and with the first phases of extensive eruption of Siberian trappes in the terminal Changhsingian and initial Induan ages. New data imply the probable survival of some ammonoid species from the superfamily Otoceratoidea after the mass extinction of organisms in the terminal Permian Epoch.     

Permian biospheric events in Northeast Asia

An analysis of the dynamics of diversity of bivalve species in Northeast Asia in the Permian period allowed us to reveal a number of events when it significantly increased or decreased. Four major mass extinction events were established for bivalves: at the end of the Early Permian, in the Early Capitanian age, at the the Capitanian-Wuchiapingian boundary and at the end of the Late Permian. Along with extinction events, five events of taxonomic radiation/innovation were distinguished: Early Asselian, Middle Kungurian, Early Roadian, Late Wordian, and Early Changhsingian. Revealing of these biotic events has been confirmed by the dynamics of biodiversity in other major groups of Permian fauna (foraminifers, brachiopods, ammonoids). Moreover, they are evidenced in different basins by changes in the character of sedimentation, isotope parameters, eustatic variations and other environmental factors. Most of the events can be traced far beyond Northeast Asia. Their manifestation is associated with general reasons (variations in endogenous regime of the Earth and associated stress effects on the biota). According to this, results of studying these events can be used for global correlations.     

The first U–Pb SIMS age datings of zircons from upper Permian deposits of the Northeastern Russia: Significance for interregional correlations

The Regional Stratigraphic Scale (RSS) of the Permian deposits in northeastern Russia represents the only complete stratigraphic succession of Permian marine deposits distinguished in Russia, which serves as a standard at the correlation of Permian deposits of all regions of the eastern part of the Boreal Biogeographic Superrealm. However, a high level of faunistic endemism makes it extremely difficult to correlate directly stratons of the RSS with stages of the International Stratigraphic Scale (ISS) of the Permian deposits. The first U–Pb SIMS age datings of zircons from felsic tuffs of the Omchak Formation of the Ayan-Yuryakh Anticlinorium (the lower part of the Permian Khivachian Horizon of the RSS of northeastern Russia) allowed us to obtain the important reference level for the Upper Permian subdivision of the Permian RSS. The zircon age of 257.1 ± 3.0 Ma is in good agreement with the stratigraphic position of the studied sample, which makes it possible to correlate the surrounding deposits with the Wuchiapingian Stage of the Permian deposits in the International Stratigraphic Scale.     

The first detailed δ13Соrg record in Permo-Triassic boundary deposits in the Kolyma–Omolon region (Northeast Asia)

Doklady Earth Sciences - We have obtained the first detailed δ13Сorg record in Permian-Triassic boundary sediments in deepwater facies in Northeast Asia (Kolyma–Omolon region,...     

A new Permian bivalve zonal scale of northeastern Asia. Article 1: Zonal subdivision

Extensive new data obtained during the recent decade on several Permian reference sections in the northern, western, and southern Verkhoyansk region; the Balygychan block; the Omolon massif; and some adjacent regions provided grounds for substantial refining of the Permian bivalve zonal scale of northeastern Asia. The modified version of this scale includes 24 biostratigraphic units ranked as zones, subzones, and faunal beds. Zonal assemblages of bivalve mollusks were refined and supplemented, and the age of the zones was specified and substantiated. The stratigraphic distribution of the defined bivalve taxa is illustrated by a special detailed table.     

The First Data on the N Isotopic Composition of the Permian and Triassic of Northeastern Russia and Their Significance for Paleotemperature Reconstructions

Doklady Earth Sciences - It is proposed that unstable temperature conditions in the Late Wuchiapingian and Early Changhsingian (Late Permian) changed in the Boreal Superrealm to less contrasting...     

The Position of the Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian Boundary in Northeast Russia on the Basis of Radioisotopic and Chemostratigraphic Data

Doklady Earth Sciences - The approximate position of the Wuchiapingian–Changhsingian boundary of the Upper Permian in Northeast Russia was determined for the first time on the basis of the...