Geologic evidence for chaotic behavior of the planets and its constraints on the third-order eustatic sequences at the end of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
High-resolution (948 samples) measurements of anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM) were performed on the ~200m thick Early–Middle Permian Maokou Formation of the Shangsi section, South China. The ARM variations are quasi-periodic and the wavelengths of significant cycles collectively present a...
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Published in | Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 440; pp. 848 - 859 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
15.12.2015
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Summary: | High-resolution (948 samples) measurements of anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM) were performed on the ~200m thick Early–Middle Permian Maokou Formation of the Shangsi section, South China. The ARM variations are quasi-periodic and the wavelengths of significant cycles collectively present a ratio of 20:5:2:1 throughout the formation, corresponding to long orbital eccentricity, short orbital eccentricity, obliquity, and precession cycles. A strong obliquity (44 and 33kyr) signal suggests that waning and waxing of the ice sheet in eastern Australia at the end of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) exerted a significant influence on global climate and sea level. A “floating” astronomical time scale (ATS) is developed using the 405kyr orbital eccentricity cycle as an astronomical calibration target. This results in estimation of the Roadian and Wordian stages duration as 3.7±0.4myr and 2.9±0.4myr, respectively. Prominent ~2myr cycles likely originated from Earth and Mars secular frequencies g4–g3, and ~1myr cycles from s4–s3. These periodicities are shorter than those observed in the Cenozoic Era, which may be due to the chaotic behavior of the planets, but still reflecting 2:1 secular resonance between Earth and Mars. Third-order eustatic sequences are linked to the s4–s3 obliquity term, which suggests a glacioeustatic controlling mechanism during this transitional stage from Paleozoic icehouse to Mesozoic greenhouse.
•Astronomically-calibrated time scale is estimated for Roadian and Wordian stages.•Modulation cycles of eccentricity and obliquity were shorter in the Middle Permian.•Modulation cycles of obliquity controlled third-order eustatic sequences. |
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ISSN: | 0031-0182 1872-616X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.014 |