Spatiotemporal distribution of global mercury enrichments through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and links to volcanism

S Jin, DB Kemp, J Shen, R Yin, DW Jolley, M Vieira… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Mercury (Hg) concentrations and Hg isotopes have been widely used to fingerprint
geological volcanism. Mercury content, as a more accessible proxy, is more frequently used …

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 sequestration pathways under varying depositional conditions during Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian and Toarcian) Karoo-Ferrar volcanism

EB Kovács, M Ruhl, RL Silva, JC McElwain… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Major extinction events appear coincident with the emplacement of large igneous provinces
(LIPs) throughout Earth's past, but the cause-and-effect relationship is often poorly …

Cretaceous large igneous provinces: from volcanic formation to environmental catastrophes and biological crises

LME Percival, H Matsumoto, S Callegaro… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Cretaceous Period was marked by the formation of numerous large igneous
provinces (LIPs), several of which were associated with geologically rapid climate …

Tracing North Atlantic volcanism and seaway connectivity across the paleocene–eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

MT Jones, EW Stokke, AD Rooney, J Frieling… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
There is a temporal correlation between the peak activity of the North Atlantic Igneous
Province (NAIP) and the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), suggesting that the …

C, N, Hg isotopes and elemental chemostratigraphy across the Ordovician–Silurian transition in the Argentine Precordillera: Implications for the link between …

AN Sial, J Chen, SH Peralta, C Gaucher, C Korte… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global geological processes that occurred during the Ordovician–Silurian transition (OST)
were investigated exploring sections from the Argentine Precordillera (Cerro La Chilca …

No evidence for a volcanic trigger for late Cambrian carbon-cycle perturbations

J Frieling, TA Mather, IM Fendley, HC Jenkyns… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The early Paleozoic was marked by several carbon-cycle perturbations and associated
carbon-isotope excursions (CIEs). Whether these CIEs are connected to significant …

Mercury deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Modern fluxes in the water column and Holocene accumulation rates in abyssal sediment

D Cossa, S Guédron, M Coquery, A Calafat, D Zuñiga… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modern and past mercury (Hg) fluxes in the oceanic water column and abyssal sediments
are poorly quantified. Here, we investigated the particulate transfer of Hg in the water …

Appalachian Basin mercury enrichments during the Late Devonian Kellwasser Events and comparison to global records

KH Pippenger, L Estrada, DS Jones… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Devonian Kellwasser Events are two major biodiversity crises recorded at
and just below the Frasnian-Famennian stage boundary for which the ultimate cause or …

Climate-forced Hg-remobilization associated with fern mutagenesis in the aftermath of the end-Triassic extinction

R Bos, W Zheng, S Lindström, H Sanei… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The long-term effects of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, a large igneous province
connected to the end-Triassic mass-extinction (201.5 Ma), remain largely elusive. Here, we …