Manifestation of the Late Aeronian event in the Silurian section on the western slope of the Subpolar Urals

Abstract

Research subject. The article presents the results of studying traces of the global Late Aeronian biotic and isotopic (δ13Ccarb) events preserved in a new reference section of the Lower Silurian in the Subpolar Urals.Materials and methods. The samples of sedimentary rocks and microfauna, the results of isotope analysis, as well as the collections with remains of benthic fauna collected by the authors in different years during fieldwork were investigated. The studies were confirmed by sedimentological, biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic data obtained by the authors.Results. The The event-stratigraphic interval, established in the upper part of the Lolashor stage (Aeronian) of the Silurian, is characterized by increasing regressive tendencies, decreasing biodiversity, disappearance of Pranognathus tenuis conodonts and brachiopods of the genus Pentamerus, as well as by δ13Ccarb anomalies in the upper strata of the Lolashor stage.Conclusions. The obtained data indicate a eustatic drop in the sea level, a major ecosystem restructuring, and a sedimentation gap at the end of the Lolashor time. The boundary between the Lolashor and Philippel stages (Aeronian and Telychian) records a sharp negative isotopic shift of δ13Ccarb, which was first observed in the Lower Silurian section in the European Northeast of Russia.