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Physils and organic matter-base palaeoenvironmental records of the K/Pg boundary transition from the late Cretaceous-early Palaeogene succession of the Um-Sohryngkew River section of Meghalaya,India
Institution:1. Marine Palynology and Paleoceanography, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Earth Science Department, Geosciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Eventstratigraphy, Department of Sedimentology and Marine Geology, VU University Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1085, 1018HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Geochemistry, Earth Science Department, Geosciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands;4. Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, Loc Crocicchia s.n., 61029 Urbino, Italy;5. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), 1797 SZ ''t Horntje, Texel, The Netherlands;1. British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK;2. Jackson, WY, USA;3. British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK;4. School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Abstract:A continuous, shallow marine succession of the Um-Sohryngkew River section is distinct as it contains late Maastrichtian-early Danian planktonic foraminiferal zones and the K/Pg boundary, although K/Pg transition events remain inconclusive. Physils divide entire succession in to lower, middle and upper sub-divisions and represent anomalous values of redox-sensitive elements (δCe, La/Yb and Gd/Yb) in biozone CF3. Organic matter when analyzed show TOC and C spikes in biozone CF3. Illite thermometry also revealed sudden increase in the palaeo-temperature (>140 °C) for yellowish brown 1–2 mm thick organic rich clay layer in biozone CF3. Interestingly, conspicuous increase in the short chain n-alkanes and fatty acids is observed in the biozone CF3, although, long chain n-alkanes (C27–C33) derived from terrestrial plants show low abundance throughout the succession.High amount of combustion derived fluoranthene, pyrene, chrysene, benzo(a) anthracene PAH compounds found in the biozone CF3 are analogous to those reported from the K/T boundary sections of Stevns Klint, Gubbio, Woodside Creek and Arroyo el Mimbral. The pyrolitic signatures of these organic macro-molecules reflect global fire, caused distress to biota (during the deposition of biozone CF3 layer) which is coincidental with the well documented Ce anomaly layer, but, preceded by planktonic foraminiferal change in biozone P0 and PGE anomaly bearing layer in the biozone CF2. These organic macro-molecules reflect global fire, induced by the heat supplied by the late Cretaceous Abor and/or Deccan extrusions perhaps linked with the K/T transition events as later initiated prior to the K/Pg boundary, however, the main episode of Deccan volcanic activity occurred ~300 ky earlier or at the K/Pg boundary itself. The deposition of 1–2 mm thick, yellowish brown, smooth (with conchoidal fracture) pyrite nodules and micro-spherules bearing organic rich clay layer marked with the decrease in the carbonate content (2.43%) that lies at the contact between the silty mudstone and grey calcareous shale located in the biozone CF3 of this succession coincides with the first appearance of Pseudoguembelina hariaensis representing age of 66.83–65.45 Ma is also related to the India’s collision with the Eurasia and Burma andextrusion of Abor volcanic.These events also endorse succeeding events such as anomalous concentration of platinum group of elements and concentration of spherules during biozone CF2, which are other end Cretaceous events before the advent of the K/Pg boundary.
Keywords:Um-Sohryngkew River section  K/Pg boundary  Clay stratigraphy  Organic molecules  Fatty acids  PAH and palaeoenvironment
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