Pre-Cenozoic cyclostratigraphy and palaeoclimate responses to astronomical forcing

D De Vleeschouwer, LME Percival… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Astronomical insolation forcing is well established as the underlying metronome of
Quaternary ice ages and Cenozoic climate changes. Yet its effects on earlier eras …

Recurrent photic zone euxinia limited ocean oxygenation and animal evolution during the Ediacaran

W Zheng, A Zhou, SK Sahoo, MR Nolan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (~ 635–539 Ma) is marked by the emergence and
diversification of complex metazoans linked to ocean redox changes, but the processes and …

Massive and rapid predominantly volcanic CO2 emission during the end-Permian mass extinction

Y Cui, M Li, EE Van Soelen, F Peterse… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The end-Permian mass extinction event (∼ 252 Mya) is associated with one of the largest
global carbon cycle perturbations in the Phanerozoic and is thought to be triggered by the …

The role of LIPs in Phanerozoic mass extinctions: An Hg perspective

Y Zhou, Y Li, W Zheng, S Tang, S Pan, J Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract All of the Big Five mass extinctions (BFMEs) of the Phanerozoic are postulated to
have been associated with eruptions of large igneous provinces (LIPs), although the role of …

Mercury isotope evidence for recurrent photic-zone euxinia triggered by enhanced terrestrial nutrient inputs during the Late Devonian mass extinction

W Zheng, GJ Gilleaudeau, TJ Algeo, Y Zhao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Widespread oceanic anoxia marked by globally extensive deposition of organic-rich black
shale during the Late Devonian was a major factor in the mass extinctions at the Frasnian …

Goldilocks at the dawn of complex life: mountains might have damaged Ediacaran–Cambrian ecosystems and prompted an early Cambrian greenhouse world

F Caxito, C Lana, R Frei, GJ Uhlein, AN Sial… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We combine U–Pb in-situ carbonate dating, elemental and isotope constraints to calibrate
the synergy of integrated mountain-basin evolution in western Gondwana. We show that …

End-Permian marine extinction due to temperature-driven nutrient recycling and euxinia

D Hülse, KV Lau, SJ Van de Velde, S Arndt… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Extreme warming at the end-Permian induced profound changes in marine biogeochemical
cycling and animal habitability, leading to the largest metazoan extinction in Earth's history …

Middle Permian palaeoclimatic-palaeoceanographic evolution and its controls on organic matter accumulation in the lower Yangtze upwelling region

B Zhang, S Yao, W Hu, Z Han, Z Liao, B Liu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
For more than 10 million years (∼ 272–260 Ma), the Middle Permian underwent periodic
episodes of vigorous upwelling and massive organic matter burial along the west coasts of …

Early evolution of beetles regulated by the end-Permian deforestation

X Zhao, Y Yu, ME Clapham, E Yan, J Chen… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) led to a severe terrestrial ecosystem collapse.
However, the ecological response of insects—the most diverse group of organisms on Earth …

Breathless through time: oxygen and animals across Earth's history

EA Sperling, TH Boag, MI Duncan… - The Biological …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Oxygen levels in the atmosphere and ocean have changed dramatically over Earth history,
with major impacts on marine life. Because the early part of Earth's history lacked both …