Organic-matter-rich shales of China

C Zou, R Zhu, ZQ Chen, JG Ogg, S Wu, D Dong… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Organic-matter-rich shales are the main target rocks for unconventional oil and gas
exploration and development across the world. In China, shale-gas geological resources …

The latest Ordovician Hirnantian brachiopod faunas: new global insights

J Rong, DAT Harper, B Huang, R Li, X Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The temporal and spatial distribution of Hirnantian brachiopod faunas are reviewed based
on a new, comprehensive dataset from over 20 palaeoplates and terranes, a revised …

[HTML][HTML] On the causes of mass extinctions

DPG Bond, SE Grasby - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2017 - Elsevier
The temporal link between large igneous province (LIP) eruptions and at least half of the
major extinctions of the Phanerozoic implies that large scale volcanism is the main driver of …

Ocean euxinia and climate change “double whammy” drove the Late Ordovician mass extinction

C Zou, Z Qiu, SW Poulton, D Dong, H Wang… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME, ca. 445 Ma) was the first of the “Big
Five” Phanerozoic extinction events and comprised two extinction pulses. Proposed kill …

Depositional environment and organic matter accumulation of Upper Ordovician–Lower Silurian marine shale in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China

Y Li, T Zhang, GS Ellis, D Shao - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2017 - Elsevier
The main controlling factors of organic matter accumulation in the Upper Ordovician Wufeng–
Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formations are complex and remain highly controversial. This …

Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic

A Pohl, A Ridgwell, RG Stockey, C Thomazo, A Keane… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The early evolutionary and much of the extinction history of marine animals is thought to be
driven by changes in dissolved oxygen concentrations ([O2]) in the ocean,–. In turn,[O2] is …

Co-evolution of oceans, climate, and the biosphere during the 'Ordovician Revolution': a review

TJ Algeo, PJ Marenco, MR Saltzman - Palaeogeography …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Ordovician Period (~ 485-444 Ma) was an interval of major, causally interconnected 15
changes in the Earth's biotic, climatic, and environmental systems. The diversity of marine …

A volcanic trigger for the Late Ordovician mass extinction? Mercury data from south China and Laurentia

DS Jones, AM Martini, DA Fike, K Kaiho - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME), one of the five largest Phanerozoic
biodiversity depletions, occurred in two pulses associated with the expansion and …

Oxygenation as a driver of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

CT Edwards, MR Saltzman, DL Royer, DA Fike - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
The largest radiation of Phanerozoic marine animal life quadrupled genus-level diversity
towards the end of the Ordovician Period about 450 million years ago. A leading hypothesis …

Changes in marine productivity and redox conditions during the Late Ordovician Hirnantian glaciation

L Zhou, TJ Algeo, J Shen, ZF Hu, H Gong, S Xie… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in marine productivity and redox conditions during the end-Ordovician
(Hirnantian) glaciation and Ordovician–Silurian transition were investigated through Mo …