Ordovician and Silurian sea–water chemistry, sea level, and climate: a synopsis

A Munnecke, M Calner, DAT Harper… - Palaeogeography …, 2010 - Elsevier
Following the Cambrian Explosion and the appearance in the fossil record of most animal
phyla associated with a range of new body plans, the Ordovician and Silurian periods …

[HTML][HTML] Locating the BACE of the Cambrian: Bayan Gol in southwestern Mongolia and global correlation of the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary

T Topper, MJ Betts, D Dorjnamjaa, G Li, L Li… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversification of animals during the Cambrian Period is one of the most significant
evolutionary events in Earth's history. However, the sequence of events leading to the origin …

[PDF][PDF] Carbon isotope stratigraphy

MR Saltzman, E Thomas, FM Gradstein - The geologic time scale, 2012 - academia.edu
Variations in the 13C/12C value of total dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the world's
oceans through time have been documented through stratigraphic study of marine …

Stratigraphy: the modern synthesis

AD Miall - Stratigraphy: A modern synthesis, 2022 - Springer
Stratigraphy is defined as the study of layered rocks. In the context of sedimentary geology in
general, and of this book in particular, stratigraphy is the discipline that pulls everything …

Revised correlation of Silurian Provincial Series of North America with global and regional chronostratigraphic units and δ13Ccarb chemostratigraphy

BD Cramer, CE Brett, MJ Melchin, P Maennik… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cramer, BD, Brett, CE, Melchin, MJ, Männik, P., Kleffner, MA, McLaughlin, PI, Loydell, DK,
Munnecke, A., Jeppsson, L., Corradini, C., Brunton, FR & Saltzman, MR 2011: Revised …

New conodont δ18O records of Silurian climate change: Implications for environmental and biological events

JA Trotter, IS Williams, CR Barnes, P Maennik… - Palaeogeography …, 2016 - Elsevier
A near-continuous, highly dynamic record of Silurian climate has been determined from
conodont δ 18 O compositions (δ 18 O phos), representing stratigraphic sections from four …

Stable carbon isotope stratigraphy in the Ordovician of South China

A Munnecke, Y Zhang, X Liu, J Cheng - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
About 500 samples from 11 Ordovician sections in South China have been analysed for
their δ13Ccarb composition. Four sections are located in the Yangtze platform region, the …

Graptoloid evolutionary rates track Ordovician–Silurian global climate change

RA Cooper, PM Sadler, A Munnecke… - Geological …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Graptoloid evolutionary dynamics show a marked contrast from the Ordovician to the
Silurian. Subdued extinction and origination rates during the Ordovician give way, during the …

Calibration of a conodont apatite-based Ordovician 87Sr/86Sr curve to biostratigraphy and geochronology: Implications for stratigraphic resolution

MR Saltzman, CT Edwards, SA Leslie… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Ordovician 87Sr/86Sr isotope seawater curve is well established and shows a
decreasing trend until the mid-Katian. However, uncertainties in calibration of this curve to …

Marine redox variability from Baltica during extinction events in the latest Ordovician–early Silurian

SA Young, E Benayoun, NP Kozik, O Hints… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is well documented that Upper Ordovician and Silurian successions record multiple marine
turnover events–including the second-largest mass extinction in the Phanerozoic …