The Permian chert event in South China: new geochemical constraints and global implications

B Zhang, J Cao, L Mu, S Yao, W Hu, H Huang… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian Chert Event (PCE) was an unusual global chert accumulation that
reflects tectonic–climatic–environmental changes during the late Paleozoic. South China …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

RS Houk, JJ Thompson - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a new technique for elemental
and isotopic analysis which combines the remarkable characteristics of the ICP for atomizing …

Lithium isotope evidence for a plumeworld ocean in the aftermath of the Marinoan snowball Earth

T Gan, M Tian, XK Wang, S Wang, XM Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The snowball Earth hypothesis predicts that continental chemical weathering diminished
substantially during, but rebounded strongly after, the Marinoan ice age some 635 Mya …

Widespread clay authigenesis and highly congruent silicate weathering in the Marinoan aftermath

YS Yin, GY Wei, PAEP von Strandmann… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The termination of the Cryogenian period marks a transition from an extreme ice-to a
greenhouse climate, likely initiated by increased atmospheric CO 2, however uncertainties …

Dolostone as a reliable tracer of seawater lithium isotope composition

XF Liu, XM Liu, XK Wang, S Zhai, X Liu - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The lithium isotope composition (δ7Li) of seawater records important information on the
evolution of the carbon and silicon cycles over geologic time. Here we report δ7Li values in …

Phanerozoic oceanic and climatic perturbations in the context of Tethyan evolution

L Tian, H Song, Y Liu, Y Wu, D Chu, H Song - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Climatic and environmental conditions play a pivotal role in the evolution of the biosphere,
serving as the primary natural factors influencing biological evolution and the development …

Enhanced Continental Weathering as a Trigger for the End‐Devonian Hangenberg Crisis

W Qie, J Zhang, G Luo, TJ Algeo… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Hangenberg Crisis coincided with a large decline of biodiversity and
widespread anoxia in the end‐Devonian ocean. Previous research attributed marine anoxia …

Chemical–to–reverse weathering triggered a pronounced positive carbon isotope excursion in a forced regressive to transgressive dolostone succession during the …

Y Zhang, G Zhu, X Li, Y Ai, P Duan, M Li… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The terminal Ediacaran (∼ 551–541 Ma) was a critical period in Earth's history
witnessing the coupled evolution of tectonism, climate, marine environment, and …

Lithium isotope stratigraphy and Ordovician weathering

YD Adiatma, MR Saltzman, XM Liu, XK Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the role of silicate weathering in controlling the long-term carbon cycle is
essential in exploring multi-million-year scale climate variabilities and links to tectonics and …

Limited change in silicate chemical weathering intensity during the Permian–Triassic transition indicates ineffective climate regulation by weathering feedbacks

G Xu, J Shen, TJ Algeo, J Yu, Q Feng, TD Frank… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vast emissions of volcanogenic greenhouse gases resulted in rapid global warming during
the latest Permian mass extinction (LPME,∼ 252 Ma), the impact of which on continental …