Marine productivity changes during the end-Permian crisis and Early Triassic recovery

J Shen, SD Schoepfer, Q Feng, L Zhou, J Yu… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The latest Permian mass extinction (LPME) coincided with major changes in the composition
of marine plankton communities, yet little is known about concurrent changes in primary …

Diagenetic uptake of rare earth elements by bioapatite, with an example from Lower Triassic conodonts of South China

J Chen, TJ Algeo, L Zhao, ZQ Chen, L Cao, L Zhang… - Earth-science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The distribution patterns of rare earth elements (REEs) are frequently used as proxies for
ancient seawater chemistry or paleomarine environmental conditions. However, recent work …

High-precision timeline for Earth's most severe extinction

SD Burgess, S Bowring, S Shen - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The end-Permian mass extinction was the most severe loss of marine and terrestrial biota in
the last 542 My. Understanding its cause and the controls on extinction/recovery dynamics …

A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem

X Dai, JHFL Davies, Z Yuan, A Brayard, M Ovtcharova… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Finely preserved fossil assemblages (lagerstätten) provide crucial insights into evolutionary
innovations in deep time. We report an exceptionally preserved Early Triassic fossil …

Marine anoxia and delayed Earth system recovery after the end-Permian extinction

KV Lau, K Maher, D Altiner, BM Kelley… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Delayed Earth system recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction is often attributed
to severe ocean anoxia. However, the extent and duration of Early Triassic anoxia remains …

Six-fold increase of atmospheric pCO2 during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

Y Wu, D Chu, J Tong, H Song, J Dal Corso… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Permian–Triassic mass extinction was marked by a massive release of carbon
into the ocean-atmosphere system, evidenced by a sharp negative carbon isotope …

Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction

F Zhang, SJ Romaniello, TJ Algeo, KV Lau… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Explaining the~ 5-million-year delay in marine biotic recovery following the latest Permian
mass extinction, the largest biotic crisis of the Phanerozoic, is a fundamental challenge for …

Theory and classification of mass extinction causation

TJ Algeo, J Shen - National Science Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Theory regarding the causation of mass extinctions is in need of systematization, which is
the focus of this contribution. Every mass extinction has both an ultimate cause, ie the trigger …

The triassic period

JG Ogg, ZQ Chen, MJ Orchard, HS Jiang - Geologic time scale 2020, 2020 - Elsevier
The Triassic is bound by two mass extinctions that coincide with vast outpourings of volcanic
flood basalts. The Mesozoic begins with a gradual recovery of plant and animal life after the …

Astronomical tuning of the end-Permian extinction and the Early Triassic Epoch of South China and Germany

M Li, J Ogg, Y Zhang, C Huang, L Hinnov… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
The timing of the end-Permian mass extinction and subsequent prolonged recovery during
the Early Triassic Epoch can be established from astronomically controlled climate cycles …