Terrestrialization in the Ordovician

CH Wellman, B Cascales-Miñana, T Servais - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This contribution reviews the evidence for terrestrial organisms during the Ordovician
(microbial, land plant, fungal, animal) and for the nature of the terrestrial biota. The evidence …

The Ordovician of Scandinavia: a revised regional stage classification

AT Nielsen, P Ahlberg, JOR Ebbestad… - Geological Society …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

Terrestrial surface stabilisation by modern analogues of the earliest land plants: A multi‐dimensional imaging study

RL Mitchell, P Kenrick, S Pressel, J Duckett… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the first plant‐based terrestrial ecosystems in the early Palaeozoic had a
profound effect on the development of soils, the architecture of sedimentary systems, and …

The Ordovician ocean circulation: a modern synthesis based on data and models

A Pohl, E Nardin, TRA Vandenbroucke, Y Donnadieu - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Surface currents constitute an efficient transport agent for (larvae of) marine faunas, while
the circulation of water masses in the ocean interior drives nutrient redistribution, ventilates …

Insights into palaeobotany

C Strullu-Derrien, T Servais, P Kenrick - Botany Letters, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Palaeobotany is the science devoted to the study of fossil plants and their evolution. Prior to
the 17th century, fossils were collected as curiosities and seen as freaks of nature (lusus …