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Aiuppa A.[1]

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End-Triassic Extinction in a Carbonate Platform From Western Tethys: A Comparison Between Extinction Trends and Geochemical Variations

2022

The Triassic/Jurassic boundary section cropping out at Mt Sparagio in north-western Sicily (Italy) consists of a thick and continuous peritidal succession typical of a Tethyan carbonate platform. The combined chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic study of this section allowed us to parallel the environmental variations inferred by the isotopic records and the extinction trends recorded by the benthic organisms. In the studied section, the isotope data of C, O, and S are indicative of serious environmental perturbations related to the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) activity, as recorded worldwide. Two negative excursions in the C-curve (Initial-CIE and Main-CIE) confirm the acid…

end Triassic extinctionlarge igneous provinceZn-Sr-Pb isotopeddc:550General Earth and Planetary SciencesTriassic-Jurassic boundary; end Triassic extinction; large igneous province; mass extinction; Zn-Sr-Pb isotope; Sicilymass extinctionSicilyTriassic-Jurassic boundaryFrontiers in Earth Science
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Modelling groundwater processes in a carbonate catchment: a case study from the Madonie area (Northern Sicily)

2011

Abstract This study reports on the results of a hydrogeochemical survey carried out in the Madonie area, a carbonate massif located in Palermo Province, Northern Sicily. The large dataset (226 collected sites) is used to highlight the processes controlling the distribution of dissolved chemicals in groundwaters; and, more importantly, to develop a general model (based on reaction-path modelling, and using the EQ3/6 code) of rock–water reactions in a carbonate environment. The investigated groundwater samples have conductivity between 31.7 and 8220 μS/cm; their total dissolved solids (TDS) content is higher near the coast area, where the seawater contribution becomes important. Calcium and H…

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryhydrogeochemical survey reaction-path modellingGeochemistryMineralogyWeatheringAquiferMassifPollutionSettore GEO/08 - Geochimica E Vulcanologiachemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryGeochemistry and PetrologyEnvironmental ChemistryCarbonateCarbonate rockSeawaterWater qualityMadonie area (Northern Sicily)GroundwaterGeology
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