Strontium and osmium isotope, trace element, carbon, nitrogen data from the Early Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, Brazil

Trace element and isotope data measured on 36 sediments that record the opening of the south Atlantic preserved onshore, Brazil. The samples come from two main pre-salt sections within the Araripe Basin close to Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará State: the Três Irmãos quarry which records a lacustrine succession and the younger Sobradinho River Section which is a sequence of organic-rich, ostracod-bearing mudstones. Additional gypsum and ostracod samples, procured from two quarries within the Araripe Basin, were analysed to provide data from the main salt-forming interval. The samples were collected during 2023 by a team from Bristol University (Ian Parkinson, Rachel Flecker), Sao Paolo State University (Rafaela Cardoso Dantas) and University of Utrecht (Dan Palcu). The samples were analysed at Bristol University 2023-24 as part of the PhD project of Rafaela Cardoso Dantas. The aim was to use the Sr isotope and Os isotope data to reconstruct the connectivity between the global ocean and opening South Atlantic. Trace element, carbon and nitrogen analysis were analysed to help reconstruct the environmental conditions in the basin.

Date (Creation): 2025-05-06

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608410

Originator

University of Bristol - Ian Parkinson

Originator

University of Bristol - Rachel Flecker

Originator

University of Sao Paulo - Rafaela Cardoso Dantas

Originator

University of Utrecht - Dan Palcu

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British Geological Survey - Enquiries

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Geology

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Nitrogen
Cretaceous
Osmium isotopes
NGDC Deposited Data
Citable Data
Trace elements
Carbon
Strontium isotopes

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Keywords

NERC_DDC

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Geoscientific information

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Date (Revision): 2009

Geographic identifier

BRA

Date (Revision): 2009

Geographic identifier

BRAZIL [id=860000]

Date (Creation): 1979

Begin date: 2022-12-11

End date: 2025-01-31

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

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Excel (.xlsx) ()

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OnLine resource: Data

OnLine resource: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Dantas, R. C., Parkinson, I., Palcu, D., Flecker, R. (2025). Strontium and osmium isotope, trace element, carbon, nitrogen data from the Early Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/7e7a227e-6d83-4738-bd4c-10cf28f21ade

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Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2011

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Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Pass: No

Statement: Bulk samples were used for trace element, carbon and nitrogen analysis. Sr isotopes run on ostracods, bulk samples, calcite, gypsum and weak acid leaches. Os isotope analysis run on bulk samples