How Large Igneous Provinces affect global climate, sometimes cause mass extinctions, and represent natural markers in the geological record

RE Ernst, N Youbi - Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) can have a significant global climatic effect as
monitored by sedimentary trace and isotopic compositions that record paleo …

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 …

Large Igneous Provinces and supercontinents: Toward completing the plate tectonic revolution

RE Ernst, W Bleeker, U Söderlund, AC Kerr - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Regional groupings of a majority, or all, of Earth's crustal blocks have occurred several times
in Earth history, but only the most recent supercontinent Paleozoic Pangea/Gondwana, is …

A volcanic trigger for the Late Ordovician mass extinction? Mercury data from south China and Laurentia

DS Jones, AM Martini, DA Fike, K Kaiho - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME), one of the five largest Phanerozoic
biodiversity depletions, occurred in two pulses associated with the expansion and …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic tectonics of Asia: Towards a full-plate model

M Domeier - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Asia is key to a richer understanding of many important lithospheric processes such as
crustal growth, continental evolution and orogenesis. But to properly decipher the secrets …

Rift and plate boundary evolution across two supercontinent cycles

AS Merdith, SE Williams, S Brune, AS Collins… - Global and planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The extent of continental rifts and subduction zones through deep geological time provides
insights into the mechanisms behind supercontinent cycles and the long term evolution of …

Mercury spikes suggest volcanic driver of the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction

Q Gong, X Wang, L Zhao, SE Grasby, ZQ Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The second largest Phanerozoic mass extinction occurred at the Ordovician-Silurian (OS)
boundary. However, unlike the other major mass extinction events, the driver for the OS …

A preliminary reassessment of the Siberian cratonic basement with new U-Pb-Hf detrital zircon data

N Priyatkina, RE Ernst, AK Khudoley - Precambrian Research, 2020 - Elsevier
New and compiled U-Pb-Hf detrital zircon data from provincial Meso-to Neoproterozoic
sedimentary basins characterize the buried crust of the Siberian cratonic basement. Along …

Temporal correlation between dyke swarms and crustal extension in the middle Palaeozoic Vilyui rift basin, Siberian platform

OP Polyansky, AV Prokopiev, OV Koroleva… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents results from new 40 Ar/39 Ar isotope dating of nine mafic dykes from
three large dyke swarms (Vilyui–Markha, Kontai–Dzherba, and Chara–Sinsk) of the Yakutsk …

The importance and difficulties of identifying mantle plumes in orogenic belts: An example based on the fragmented large igneous province (LIP) record in the Ural …

VN Puchkov, RE Ernst, KS Ivanov - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Mantle plumes can be recognized by their magmatic expression as large igneous provinces
(LIPs). However, identification of plumes in old, structurally complicated fold belts is …