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Chronological potential (Th/U) of pleistocene mediterranean fauna: Marine terraces of murcia and alicante region, Southeastern Spain

Authors: Causse, Christiane; Goy, José Luis; Zazo, Caridad; Hillaire-Marcel, C.;

Chronological potential (Th/U) of pleistocene mediterranean fauna: Marine terraces of murcia and alicante region, Southeastern Spain

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[EN] Chronological data obtained from Th/U di-sequilibria on fossil molluscs are often questionable because of open-system conditions. Reliable ages can be obtained if consistent chronological measurements are supported by geo-chemical, morphostratigraphical and other relevant data. We present here 47 measurements of Th/U/U disequili-bria from fossil molluscs (primarily Strombus bubonius and Glycymeris glycymeris) and associated carbonaceous concretions. Their chronological potential is discussed. Closed-system conditions are exceptions. Open conditions are present on each morphostratigraphical unit: i) secondary trapping of uranium, over a relatively long period after the mollusc’s death, ii) contamination by detrital material and related distortion of the relationship between the Th/U activity ratio, measured in the whole sample, and the residence time of uranium in the authigenic fraction, iii) both of these processes. Another cause for unreliable data is the reworking of fossils. Nevertheless, taking in account morphostratigraphical considerations and all geochemical criteria, the comparison of several results from contemporaneous samples allows to produce reliable dating or, at least, to give a reasonable limit to the formation age.These results agree with our published studies, farther south on the Spanish coast, near Almeria. The senegalian fauna, characterised by the presence of Strombus bubonius, overlaps four different chronological episodes, named Tyrrhenian I, II, III and IV. Pre-tyrrhenian and Holocene formations without Strombut bubonius are also present. Ages attributed to Tyrrhenian episodes allow their correlation with isotopic stratigraphical data, i.e. T I-7, T II-5e, T III-5c, T IV-5a, and place these morphostratigraphical units on a global scale.

[FR] Les résultats de 47 nouvelles analyses du déséquilibre 230Th/234U/238U, réalisées sur des tests de mollusques fossiles et des néoformations carbonatées associées, sont discutés en fonction de leur degré de validité en terme d’âges. Les systèmes géochimiques U-Th parfaitement clos sont l’ex ception. Tous les facteurs d’ouverture Bont présents, séparément ou ensemble, pour la plupart des échantillons, à savoir fixation prolongée d’uranium après la mort des animaux, admixtion de matériau détritique impliquant une distorsion de la relation temps-déséquilibre 230Th/234U, et même remaniement de fossiles. Néanmoins, la prise en compte de tous les critères géochimiques et morphostratigraphiques permet généralement de conférer à un ensemble d’échantillons contemporains un âge valide ou une limite d’âge raisonnable. Les résultats obtenus dans les régions de Murcie et Alicante confirment ceux que nous avons précédemment publiés pour un secteur plus méridional du littoral espagnol, dans la région d’Almeria. La faune sénégalienne que l’on rencontre dans les sédiments côtiers du sud-est de l’Espagne, caractérisée par la présence de Strombus bubonius, relève en fait de plusieurs épisodes chronologiquement distincts, qui ont été dénommés Tyrrhéniens I, II, III et IV. Des formations Pré-tyrrhénienne et Holocène, dont la faune est dépourvue de strombe, sont également recensées. Les âges attribués aux épisodes tyrrhéniens autorisent leur corrélation avec la stratigraphie isotopique, soit TI - stade 7, T II - stade 5e, T III - stade 5c, T IV - stade 5a, et leur confèrent donc une valeur chronos-tratigraphique générale.

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Spain, Mediterranean sea, Mediterranean Sea, Marine molluscs, Tyrrhenian, Radiochronology (Th/U)

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