Mercury as a proxy for volcanic emissions in the geologic record

SE Grasby, TR Them II, Z Chen, R Yin… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Large igneous province (LIP) eruptions are increasingly considered to have driven mass
extinction events throughout the Phanerozoic; however, uncertainties in radiometric age …

On the onset of Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) volcanism and environmental and carbon-cycle change at the Triassic–Jurassic transition (Neuquén Basin …

M Ruhl, SP Hesselbo, A Al-Suwaidi, HC Jenkyns… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic–Jurassic transition is characterized by the end-Triassic mass extinction
approximately synchronous with the onset of emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic …

Mercury evidence for combustion of organic-rich sediments during the end-Triassic crisis

J Shen, R Yin, TJ Algeo, HH Svensen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The sources of isotopically light carbon released during the end-Triassic mass extinction
remain in debate. Here, we use mercury (Hg) concentrations and isotopes from a pelagic …

Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects

J Shen, J Chen, J Yu, TJ Algeo, RMH Smith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The latest Permian mass extinction (LPME) was triggered by magmatism of the Siberian
Traps Large Igneous Province (STLIP), which left an extensive record of sedimentary Hg …

Evidence for a prolonged Permian–Triassic extinction interval from global marine mercury records

J Shen, J Chen, TJ Algeo, S Yuan, Q Feng, J Yu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The latest Permian mass extinction, the most devastating biocrisis of the Phanerozoic, has
been widely attributed to eruptions of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province, although …

Recurring volcanic winters during the latest Cretaceous: Sulfur and fluorine budgets of Deccan Traps lavas

S Callegaro, DR Baker, PR Renne, L Melluso… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Two events share the stage as main drivers of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction—
Deccan Traps volcanism, and an asteroid impact recorded by the Chicxulub crater. We …

[HTML][HTML] A volcanic scenario for the Frasnian–Famennian major biotic crisis and other Late Devonian global changes: More answers than questions?

G Racki - Global and Planetary Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the prime causation of the Late Devonian Frasnian–Famennian (F–F) mass
extinction remains conjectural, such destructive factors as the spread of anoxia and rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of redox variability and early diagenesis on marine sedimentary Hg records

J Frieling, TA Mather, C März, HC Jenkyns… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Volcanism is a dominant natural source of mercury (Hg) to the atmosphere, biosphere,
ocean and sediments. In recent years, sedimentary Hg contents have emerged as a tool to …

Mercury isotope evidence for recurrent photic-zone euxinia triggered by enhanced terrestrial nutrient inputs during the Late Devonian mass extinction

W Zheng, GJ Gilleaudeau, TJ Algeo, Y Zhao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Widespread oceanic anoxia marked by globally extensive deposition of organic-rich black
shale during the Late Devonian was a major factor in the mass extinctions at the Frasnian …

Mercury linked to Deccan Traps volcanism, climate change and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

G Keller, P Mateo, J Monkenbusch, N Thibault… - Global and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) anomalies linked to Large Igneous Provinces (LIP) volcanism have been
identified in sediments across all five major mass extinctions in Earth's history. This study …