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Cathodoluminescence of Recent biogenic carbonates: environmental and ontogenetic fingerprint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

V. Barbin ,
K. Ramseyer ,
J. P. Debenay ,
E. Schein ,
M. Roux  and
D. Decrouez
V. Barbin
Affiliation:
Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, I route de Malagnou, C.P. 434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
K. Ramseyer
Affiliation:
Geologisches Institut, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
J. P. Debenay
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Geologie, Université du Maine, route de Laval, F-72017 Le Mans cédex, France
E. Schein
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Reims, B.P., 347, F-51062 Reims cédex, France
M. Roux
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Reims, B.P., 347, F-51062 Reims cédex, France
D. Decrouez
Affiliation:
Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, I route de Malagnou, C.P. 434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
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Abstract

Cathodoluminescence (CL) examination of Recent biogenic carbonates shows that they are often luminescent regardless of their mineralogical composition (calcite v. aragonite), habitat (marine v. fresh water), way of life (sessile v. vagile) or environment (hyper- v. hyposaline water). Thus, the presence of luminescence in biogenic particles is not a reliable indicator of diagenetic alteration as some authors have suggested. In addition, CL can reveal variations in the mineralogy of shell material (e.g. regenerated calcitic v. primary aragonitic) and can highlight growth-related structures. Manganese (Mn2+) is the most likely activator of this luminescence, and its content in the shells of benthic organisms seems to be linked to growth rate, ontogeny, open sea conditions, bathymetry and salinity. In neritic environments the Mn2+ content and the CL of molluscs and foraminifera appear to increase with decreasing salinity. This study indicates that CL may be an important tool for the determination of environmental and ontogenetic parameters in biogenic carbonates in addition to its current use indiagenetic studies.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 128 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 19 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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