Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic)

J Dal Corso, M Bernardi, Y Sun, H Song… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic) was a time of global environmental changes
and possibly substantial coeval volcanism. The extent of the biological turnover in marine …

A Cenozoic record of deep oceanic Zn isotopic composition in ferromanganese crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

U-Pb constraints on pulsed eruption of the Deccan Traps across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

B Schoene, MP Eddy, KM Samperton, CB Keller… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Temporal correlation between some continental flood basalt eruptions and mass extinctions
has been proposed to indicate causality, with eruptive volatile release driving environmental …

Intensified continental chemical weathering and carbon-cycle perturbations linked to volcanism during the Triassic–Jurassic transition

J Shen, R Yin, S Zhang, TJ Algeo, DJ Bottjer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Direct evidence of intense chemical weathering induced by volcanism is rare in sedimentary
successions. Here, we undertake a multiproxy analysis (including organic carbon isotopes …

Large igneous province record through time and implications for secular environmental changes and geological time‐scale boundaries

RE Ernst, DPG Bond, SH Zhang… - … igneous provinces: A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An emerging consensus suggests that large igneous provinces (LIPs) are a significant driver
of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including several Phanerozoic …

Earth's impact events through geologic time: a list of recommended ages for terrestrial impact structures and deposits

M Schmieder, DA Kring - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven
terrestrial impact structures (n= 200) and deposits (n= 46) sourced from the primary …

Mercury evidence for combustion of organic-rich sediments during the end-Triassic crisis

J Shen, R Yin, TJ Algeo, HH Svensen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The sources of isotopically light carbon released during the end-Triassic mass extinction
remain in debate. Here, we use mercury (Hg) concentrations and isotopes from a pelagic …

Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects

J Shen, J Chen, J Yu, TJ Algeo, RMH Smith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The latest Permian mass extinction (LPME) was triggered by magmatism of the Siberian
Traps Large Igneous Province (STLIP), which left an extensive record of sedimentary Hg …

[HTML][HTML] A new plumbing system framework for mantle plume-related continental Large Igneous Provinces and their mafic-ultramafic intrusions

RE Ernst, DA Liikane, SM Jowitt, KL Buchan… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The magmatic components of continental Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) include flood
basalts and their plumbing system of giant mafic dyke swarms (radiating, linear, and the …

The Jurassic Period

SP Hesselbo, JG Ogg, M Ruhl, LA Hinnov… - Geologic time scale …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ammonites underwent an evolutionary diversification after the mass extinction of the end
Triassic induced by the formation of a Large Igneous province (LIP), and this group provides …