Carbonate concretions in Miocene mudrocks in NW Algeria: types, geochemistry, and origins

Nemra A, Ouali Mehadji A, Munnecke A, Belkhedim S, Belkebir L (2019)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Online publication

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Book Volume: 65

Journal Issue: 17

URI: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10347-019-0559-2.pdf

DOI: 10.1007/s10347-019-0559-2

Open Access Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-019-0559-2

Abstract

Carbonate concretions have been recorded in many recent and ancient marine sediments around the world. The Middle Miocene marl of the Tenes area, situated in the northeast of the Lower Chelif Basin in NW-Algeria, contains such carbonate concretions but with a variety of different structures and morphologies. Three different basic types are distinguished: nodular (spheroidal, ellipsoidal, disc, and irregular), stratiform, and tubular concretions, the last locally have a central conduit. The close association between carbonate concretions and synsedimentary deformation structures (synsedimentary faults, slumps) and normal faults, pronounced in the Ounsour Anhas outcrop, indicates synsedimentary instability related to upward fluid movement. The concretions were formed by precipitation of micritic carbonate within the host marl at shallow burial depth, probably in the active microbial methanogenesis zone. Strongly varying δ13C values (− 9.82 to + 5.85‰ PDB) are interpreted as the result of the balance between 13C-enriched (residual CO2 from methanogenesis) and 13C-depleted (microbial organic matter decomposition) CO2 added to the pore solutions. δ18O values (− 2.39 to + 1.71‰ PDB) indicate that carbonate concretion growth occurred during early diagenesis conditions, from marine-derived pore-water.

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APA:

Nemra, A., Ouali Mehadji, A., Munnecke, A., Belkhedim, S., & Belkebir, L. (2019). Carbonate concretions in Miocene mudrocks in NW Algeria: types, geochemistry, and origins. Facies, 65(17). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10347-019-0559-2

MLA:

Nemra, Abdelkrim, et al. "Carbonate concretions in Miocene mudrocks in NW Algeria: types, geochemistry, and origins." Facies 65.17 (2019).

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