A two-phase end-Triassic mass extinction

PB Wignall, JW Atkinson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The end-Triassic mass extinction was one of the big five crises of the fossil record. It affected
diverse marine groups, including bivalves, brachiopods, ostracods, calcareous algae …

Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large …

JA Yager, AJ West, AM Thibodeau, FA Corsetti… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mercury is gaining prominence as a proxy for large igneous province (LIP) volcanism in the
sedimentary record. Despite temporal overlap between some mass extinctions and LIPs, the …

An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction

T He, J Dal Corso, RJ Newton, PB Wignall… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The role of ocean anoxia as a cause of the end-Triassic marine mass extinction is widely
debated. Here, we present carbonate-associated sulfate δ34S data from sections spanning …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of the early Toarcian global change on Dasycladales (Chlorophyta) and the subsequent recovery: Comparison with end-Triassic Mass Extinction

II Bucur, M Reolid - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The early Toarcian biotic crisis (∼ 183 Ma), characterized in marine environments by abrupt
temperature fluctuations, included a hyperthermal event (Jenkyns Event) with sea-level …

The Late Triassic Extinction at the Norian/Rhaetian boundary: Biotic evidence and geochemical signature

M Rigo, T Onoue, LH Tanner, SG Lucas, L Godfrey… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The latest Triassic was an interval of prolonged biotic extinction culminating in the end-
Triassic Extinction (ETE). The ETE is now associated with a perturbation of the global carbon …

The migration path of Gondwanian dinosaurs toward Adria: New insights from the Cretaceous of NW Sicily (Italy)

V Randazzo, P Di Stefano, F Schlagintweit… - Cretaceous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing dinosaur record from Italy questioned classic palaeogeographic scenarios
for the Central Mediterranean area and suggest the proximity of landmass areas and a …

[HTML][HTML] Shallow ocean oxygen decline during the end-Triassic mass extinction

T He, RJ Newton, PB Wignall, S Reid… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME) was associated with intensified deep-water anoxia
in epicontinental seas and mid-depth waters, yet the absolute oxygenation state in the …

Fracture stratigraphy of Mesozoic platform carbonates, Agri Valley, southern Italy

C Manniello, F Agosta, S Todaro, F Cavalcante… - Geological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The Viggiano Mt. platform carbonates form a layered succession cross-cut by a dense array
of pressure solution seams, and five sets of fractures and veins, which together form a sub …

The end-Triassic mass extinction: a new correlation between extinction events and δ13C fluctuations from a Triassic-Jurassic peritidal succession in western Sicily

S Todaro, M Rigo, V Randazzo, P Di Stefano - Sedimentary Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
A new δ 13 C carb curve was obtained from an expanded peritidal succession in western
Sicily and was used to investigate the relationships between isotopic signatures and …

End-Triassic Extinction in a carbonate platform from Western Tethys: a comparison between extinction trends and geochemical variations

S Todaro, M Rigo, P Di Stefano, A Aiuppa… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Triassic/Jurassic boundary section cropping out at Mt Sparagio in north-western Sicily
(Italy) consists of a thick and continuous peritidal succession typical of a Tethyan carbonate …