New geochemical identification fingerprints of volcanism during the Ordovician-Silurian transition and its implications for biological and environmental evolution

S Yang, W Hu, J Fan, Y Deng - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Volcanism had been an important factor in several geological events, usually recorded by
volcanic ash layers (bentonites). However, most volcanic eruption materials were dispersed …

On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution

S Duran-Nebreda, RA Bentley, B Vidiella… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
For five decades, paleontologists, paleobiologists, and ecologists have investigated patterns
of punctuated equilibria in biology. Here, we step outside those fields and summarize recent …

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 …

The terrestrial end-Permian mass extinction in the paleotropics postdates the marine extinction

Q Wu, H Zhang, J Ramezani, F Zhang, DH Erwin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The end-Permian mass extinction was the most severe ecological event during the
Phanerozoic and has long been presumed contemporaneous across terrestrial and marine …

Volcanic CO2 degassing postdates thermogenic carbon emission during the end-Permian mass extinction

Y Wu, Y Cui, D Chu, H Song, J Tong, J Dal Corso… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Massive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are widely assumed to be the driver of the end-
Permian mass extinction (EPME). However, the rate of and total CO2 released, and whether …

High temperature methane emissions from Large Igneous Provinces as contributors to late Permian mass extinctions

C Chen, S Qin, Y Wang, G Holland, P Wynn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Methane (CH4) emissions induced by Large Igneous Provinces have the potential to
contribute to global environmental changes that triggered mass extinctions in Earth's history …

Climax in Wrangellia LIP activity coincident with major Middle Carnian (Late Triassic) climate and biotic changes: Mercury isotope evidence from the Panthalassa …

X **, Y Tomimatsu, R Yin, T Onoue… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE,∼ 233 Ma) was characterized by multiple
negative carbon-isotope excursions, turnovers in marine and terrestrial biota, and a Tethys …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) evidence for frequent combustion events on land during the Permian–Triassic transition in Northwest China

S Jiao, H Zhang, Y Cai, C **, S Shen - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Siberian Traps large igneous province and intensive continental arc volcanism
are regarded as the primary drivers of the severe environmental changes that triggered the …

Collapse of tropical rainforest ecosystems caused by high-temperature wildfires during the end-Permian mass extinction

S Jiao, H Zhang, Y Cai, J Chen, Z Feng… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) caused significant changes in the marine and
terrestrial realms because of global environmental deterioration caused by intensive …

Geological factors for the enrichment of critical elements within the Lo**ian (Late Permian) coal-bearing strata in western Guizhou, Southwestern China …

T Yang, Y Shen, L Lu, J **, W Huang, F Li… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A number of volcanic ash-bearing layers deposited in the Upper Permian coal-bearing strata
on the southwestern margin of the Yangtze Craton are well preserved, and some layers …