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

The second largest Phanerozoic mass extinction occurred at the Ordovician-Silurian (O-S) boundary. However, unlike the other major mass extinction events, the driver for the O-S extinction remains uncertain. The abundance of mercury (Hg) and total organic carbon (TOC) of Ordovician and early Siluria...

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Autores principales: Gong, Qing, Wang, Xiangdong, Zhao, Laishi, Grasby, Stephen E., Chen, Zhong-Qiang, Zhang, Lei, Li, Yang, Cao, Ling, Li, Zhihong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28706302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05524-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28706302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05524-5

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