Peer-Reviewed Article November 7, 2024
Assessing Paleoclimate through Major and Trace Element Concentrations: A Review
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Published in: AlQalam Journal of Medical and Applied Sciences
Publisher: University of Tripoli ALahlia • Libya • 2707-7179
Abstract
In geoscience, it is possible to deduce the paleoclimate of sediments from their lithology, fossil content, chemical composition, or geophysical characteristics. In this paper, the author reviewed the use of the concentration of major and trace elements to infer the paleoclimate. For this purpose, a variety of markers have been used in the previous studies, such as CIA, C.I, K2O/Al2O3, Al/Mg, Mg/Ca, Fe/Mn, Rb/Sr, Sr/Cu, Ga/Rb, Sr/Ba, ΣREE, and Eu anomaly. It should be noted that, for a more accurate evaluation of paleoclimate, discrimination diagrams (the plots of K2O+Na2O+Al2O3 versus SiO2, CIA versus C.I, K2O/Al2O3 versus Ga/Rb, Fe/Mn versus Sr/Ba, Rb/Sr versus Sr/Cu, and Mg/Ca-Al/Mg-ΣREE) are the recommended technique