Mercury anomalies and the timing of biotic recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction

oleh: Alyson M. Thibodeau, Kathleen Ritterbush, Joyce A. Yager, A. Joshua West, Yadira Ibarra, David J. Bottjer, William M. Berelson, Bridget A. Bergquist, Frank A. Corsetti

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-04-01

Deskripsi

The association between Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) eruption volatiles and the end-Triassic mass extinction remains ambiguous. Here, the authors present mercury and palaeontological evidence from the same archive and show that significant biotic recovery did not begin until CAMP eruptions ceased.