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Late Vendian Kotlinian Crisis on the East European Platform: Lithogeochemical Indicators of Depositional Environment

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Sharp changes in the biodiversity of fossil organisms in the Upper Vendian of the East European Platform are considered as the manifestation of global crisis immediately prior to the “Cambrian Explosion.” However, they could be caused by local environmental perturbations. Variations of some lithogeochemical indicators of depositional environment (indicators of paleoclimate, exhalation activity, redox settings, and paleobioproductivity) were analyzed in order to establish the possible influence of sedimentary systems on evolutionary processes in the Late Vendian and at the boundary with the Cambrian. The applied algorithm of lithogeochemical studies revealed no significant perturbations in physical properties of the environment on a scale of sedimentary basins. The obtained data suggest that local factors did not affect the evolution of Ediacaran biota on the East European Platform and confirm the global nature of transitions between the Redkinian, Belomorian, and Kotlinian biotas.

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  1. In the Russian geological literature, this is NKM–FM diagram (Yudovich and Ketris, 2000). Hereinafter, \({\text{F}}{{{\text{e}}}_{2}}{\text{O}}_{3}^{*}\) is the total iron.

  2. CaO* is the content of CaO in the siliciclastic matrix of rock.

  3. Titanium module is calculated from formula (Fe + Mn)/Ti, aluminum module is calculated as Al/(Al + Fe + Mn).

  4. The emergence of disoxic settings in bottom waters can be inferred here at stage III, but relatively low Mo/Mn ratio in some mudstone samples from the lower part of the Chernyi Kamen Formation indicates that they were not steady.

  5. In our opinion, the Upper Vendian Redkinian Regional Stage of Borehole Keltmenskaya-1(Maslov and Podkovyrov, 2015) includes rocks within the interval of 2790 (80)–2309 m. The interval of 2309–1725 m belongs to the Belomorian Regional Stage; interval of 1725–1330, to the Kotlinian.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 15-05-01512).

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Maslov, A.V., Grazhdankin, D.V. & Podkovyrov, V.N. Late Vendian Kotlinian Crisis on the East European Platform: Lithogeochemical Indicators of Depositional Environment. Lithol Miner Resour 54, 1–26 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490219010048

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