Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana

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Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana; Petus, Elodie; Niemeyer, Hans
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2017
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The Middle Member of the Zorritas Formation in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile, yielded terrestrial and marine palynomorph assemblages which span the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary. The assemblages show a clear predominance of terrestrial palynomorphs with 70 miospore species, 18 marine phytoplankton species, two non-marine algae and one chitinozoan species, all coming from 15 productive levels. Palynomorphs are poorly preserved and most of them are reworked. Three palynological associations are recognized based on miospores. These are assigned to the Tournaisian–Visean, Tournaisian and probable latest Famennian. Age assignments are discussed in the frame of the spore zonal schemes established for Euramerica and western Gondwana. The stratigraphical distribution of spores allows the identification of the probable position of the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary within the Zorritas Formation. This system boundary is proposed for the first time in Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of northern Chile. The presence of Gondwanan typical miospore species indicates affinities with this palaeocontinent even though the Tournaisian and Tournaisian–Visean miospore associations support the cosmopolitanism already suggested for the early Carboniferous flora. The significant number of reworked palynomorphs together with the sedimentological analysis of the studied sections, suggest that these deposits were severely impacted by the climatic change and major sea level fluctuations. Similar conditions were recorded in coeval western Gondwana basins.
Fil: Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Petus, Elodie. Université de Liège; Bélgica
Fil: Niemeyer, Hans. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile
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CHILE
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY
MIOSPORES
PHYTOPLANKTON
WESTERN GONDWANA
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spelling Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western GondwanaRubinstein, Claudia VivianaPetus, ElodieNiemeyer, HansCHILEDEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARYMIOSPORESPHYTOPLANKTONWESTERN GONDWANAhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The Middle Member of the Zorritas Formation in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile, yielded terrestrial and marine palynomorph assemblages which span the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary. The assemblages show a clear predominance of terrestrial palynomorphs with 70 miospore species, 18 marine phytoplankton species, two non-marine algae and one chitinozoan species, all coming from 15 productive levels. Palynomorphs are poorly preserved and most of them are reworked. Three palynological associations are recognized based on miospores. These are assigned to the Tournaisian–Visean, Tournaisian and probable latest Famennian. Age assignments are discussed in the frame of the spore zonal schemes established for Euramerica and western Gondwana. The stratigraphical distribution of spores allows the identification of the probable position of the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary within the Zorritas Formation. This system boundary is proposed for the first time in Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of northern Chile. The presence of Gondwanan typical miospore species indicates affinities with this palaeocontinent even though the Tournaisian and Tournaisian–Visean miospore associations support the cosmopolitanism already suggested for the early Carboniferous flora. The significant number of reworked palynomorphs together with the sedimentological analysis of the studied sections, suggest that these deposits were severely impacted by the climatic change and major sea level fluctuations. Similar conditions were recorded in coeval western Gondwana basins.Fil: Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; ArgentinaFil: Petus, Elodie. Université de Liège; BélgicaFil: Niemeyer, Hans. Universidad Católica del Norte; ChileElsevier Science2017-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/63964Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana; Petus, Elodie; Niemeyer, Hans; Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana; Elsevier Science; Geoscience Frontiers; 8; 3; 5-2017; 493-5061674-9871CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.gsf.2016.04.005info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987116300317info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:39:25Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/63964instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:39:26.017CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
title Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
spellingShingle Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana
CHILE
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY
MIOSPORES
PHYTOPLANKTON
WESTERN GONDWANA
title_short Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
title_full Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
title_fullStr Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
title_full_unstemmed Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
title_sort Palynostratigraphy of the Zorritas Formation, Antofagasta Region, Chile: Insights on the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary in western Gondwana
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana
Petus, Elodie
Niemeyer, Hans
author Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana
author_facet Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana
Petus, Elodie
Niemeyer, Hans
author_role author
author2 Petus, Elodie
Niemeyer, Hans
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CHILE
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY
MIOSPORES
PHYTOPLANKTON
WESTERN GONDWANA
topic CHILE
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY
MIOSPORES
PHYTOPLANKTON
WESTERN GONDWANA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Middle Member of the Zorritas Formation in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile, yielded terrestrial and marine palynomorph assemblages which span the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary. The assemblages show a clear predominance of terrestrial palynomorphs with 70 miospore species, 18 marine phytoplankton species, two non-marine algae and one chitinozoan species, all coming from 15 productive levels. Palynomorphs are poorly preserved and most of them are reworked. Three palynological associations are recognized based on miospores. These are assigned to the Tournaisian–Visean, Tournaisian and probable latest Famennian. Age assignments are discussed in the frame of the spore zonal schemes established for Euramerica and western Gondwana. The stratigraphical distribution of spores allows the identification of the probable position of the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary within the Zorritas Formation. This system boundary is proposed for the first time in Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of northern Chile. The presence of Gondwanan typical miospore species indicates affinities with this palaeocontinent even though the Tournaisian and Tournaisian–Visean miospore associations support the cosmopolitanism already suggested for the early Carboniferous flora. The significant number of reworked palynomorphs together with the sedimentological analysis of the studied sections, suggest that these deposits were severely impacted by the climatic change and major sea level fluctuations. Similar conditions were recorded in coeval western Gondwana basins.
Fil: Rubinstein, Claudia Viviana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina
Fil: Petus, Elodie. Université de Liège; Bélgica
Fil: Niemeyer, Hans. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile
description The Middle Member of the Zorritas Formation in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile, yielded terrestrial and marine palynomorph assemblages which span the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary. The assemblages show a clear predominance of terrestrial palynomorphs with 70 miospore species, 18 marine phytoplankton species, two non-marine algae and one chitinozoan species, all coming from 15 productive levels. Palynomorphs are poorly preserved and most of them are reworked. Three palynological associations are recognized based on miospores. These are assigned to the Tournaisian–Visean, Tournaisian and probable latest Famennian. Age assignments are discussed in the frame of the spore zonal schemes established for Euramerica and western Gondwana. The stratigraphical distribution of spores allows the identification of the probable position of the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary within the Zorritas Formation. This system boundary is proposed for the first time in Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of northern Chile. The presence of Gondwanan typical miospore species indicates affinities with this palaeocontinent even though the Tournaisian and Tournaisian–Visean miospore associations support the cosmopolitanism already suggested for the early Carboniferous flora. The significant number of reworked palynomorphs together with the sedimentological analysis of the studied sections, suggest that these deposits were severely impacted by the climatic change and major sea level fluctuations. Similar conditions were recorded in coeval western Gondwana basins.
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