Geologic evidence and palaeoclimate simulations have indicated the existence of an
extensive, interconnected megamonsoon system over the Pangaea supercontinent …

Global cooling has been proposed as a driver of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification
Event, the largest radiation of Phanerozoic marine animal Life. Yet, mechanistic …

Geochemical redox proxies indicate that seafloor anoxia occurred during the latest
Ordovician glacial maximum, coincident with the second pulse of the Late Ordovician mass …

Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

Coals and evaporites are commonly used as qualitative indicators of wet and dry
environments in deep-time climate studies, respectively. Here, we combine geological …

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), originating in the central and eastern equatorial
Pacific, is a defining mode of interannual climate variability with profound impact on global …

Abstract The Middle Devonian Epoch,~ 393–383 million years ago, is known for a peak in
diversity and highest latitudinal distribution of coral and stromatoporoid reefs. About 388 …

Understanding the complex patterns of latitudinal diversity gradients (LDGs) in deep time
has been hampered by the absence of long-term records of LDGs through multiple climatic …

Surface currents constitute an efficient transport agent for (larvae of) marine faunas, while
the circulation of water masses in the ocean interior drives nutrient redistribution, ventilates …

Platform carbonates are among the most voluminous of Cretaceous deposits. The
production of carbonate platforms fluctuated through time. Yet, the reasons for these …