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In Situ Rb/Sr Geochronology and Stable Isotope Geochemistry Evidence for Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Fracture‐Hosted Fluid Flow and Microbial Activity in Paleoproterozoic Basement, SW Sweden
Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnæus University Kalmar Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7230-6509
Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnæus University Kalmar Sweden;Department of Earth Sciences University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.
Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnæus University Kalmar Sweden;Department of Geobiology Geoscience Centre University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0606-9175
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology. Swedish Museum of Natural History Stockholm Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2227-577X
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2023 (English)In: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, E-ISSN 1525-2027, Vol. 24, no 5Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Recent studies have shown that biosignatures of ancient microbial life exist in mineral coatings in deep bedrock fractures of Precambrian cratons, but such surveys have been few and far between. Here, we report results from southwestern Sweden in an area of 1.6–1.5 Ga Paleoproterozoic rocks heavily reworked by the 1.14–0.96 Ga Sveconorwegian orogeny, a terrane previously scarcely explored for ancient microbial biosignatures. Calcite-pyrite-adularia-illite-coated fractures were analyzed for stable isotopes via Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (δ13C, δ18O, δ34S) and in situ Rb/Sr geochronology via Laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The Rb/Sr ages for calcite-adularia and calcite-illite show that several fluid flow events can be discerned (797 ± 18–769 ± 7, 391 ± 5–387 ± 6, 356 ± 5–347 ± 4, and 301 ± 7 Ma). The δ13C, δ18O and 87Sr/86Sr values of different calcite growth zones further confirmed episodic fluid flow. Pyrite δ34S values down to −49.9‰V-CDT, together with systematically increased δ34S from crystal core to rim, suggest formation following microbial sulfate reduction under semi-closed conditions. Assemblages involving MSR-related pyrite generally have Devonian to Permian Rb/Sr ages, indicating an association to extension-related fracturing and fluid mixing during foreland-basin formation linked to Caledonian orogeny in the northwest. An assemblage with an age of 301 ± 7 Ma is potentially related to Oslo Rift extension, whereas the Neo-Proterozoic ages relate to post-Sveconorwegian extensional tectonics. Remnants of short-chained fatty acids in the youngest calcite coatings further indicate a biogenic origin, while the absence of organic molecules in older calcite is in line with thermal degradation, potentially related to heating during Caledonian foreland basin burial.

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American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2023. Vol. 24, no 5
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-5508DOI: 10.1029/2023gc010892OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-5508DiVA, id: diva2:1822197
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Swedish Research Council, 2017‐05186Swedish Research Council, 2021‐04365Swedish Research Council, 2017‐00671Swedish Research Council Formas, 2020‐01577The Crafoord Foundation, 20210524Available from: 2023-12-21 Created: 2023-12-21 Last updated: 2023-12-22Bibliographically approved

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