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Atmospheric pCO2 Reconstruction of Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Deposits in Texas and Oklahoma Using Pedogenic Carbonate and Occluded Organic Matter

Andrzejewski, Kate
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Tabor, Neil
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Winkler, Dale
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Myers, Timothy
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2022-03-24
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Earth and Environmental Science
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Paleosol
 Pedogenic carbonate
 Organic matter
 δ13C values
 δ18O values
 Albian
 Aptian
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12040148
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Pedogenic carbonate samples collected from three Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) fossil localities in Texas and Oklahoma were analyzed to develop paleoatmospheric pCO2 estimates by measuring the stable carbon isotopes of pedogenic calcite and their co-existing occluded organic matter. Calcite δ13C values ranged from −10.9‰ to −4.4‰ while occluded organic matter δ13C values ranged from −27.3‰ to −21.1‰. These stable carbon isotope measurements combined with temperature (30 °C) and soil-respired CO2 concentration (839–6047 ppmV) values provided atmospheric pCO2 estimates ranging from 67 ppmV to over 1100 ppmV. These estimates show a significant increase in atmospheric pCO2 during the late Aptian followed by a decrease in atmospheric pCO2 during the late Aptian to early Albian transition period, roughly correlating with the OEA1b event. Given the lack of chronostratigraphic constraints of the Lower Cretaceous geologic units in the study area, these data provide further evidence for the approximate age of the units as well as pertinent paleoclimate insights into greenhouse climate conditions.
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Andrzejewski, K.; Tabor, N.; Winkler, D.; Myers, T. Atmospheric pCO2 Reconstruction of Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Deposits in Texas and Oklahoma Using Pedogenic Carbonate and Occluded Organic Matter. Geosciences 2022, 12, 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12040148
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