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Mercury Spikes Indicate a Volcanic Trigger for the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction Event: An Example from a Deep Shelf of the Peri-Baltic Region

The Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME) was the second largest Phanerozoic crisis, but its cause remains elusive. Several triggering mechanisms have been proposed over the years, including bioevolutionary events, oceanographic changes, and geotectonic processes. Here, we report the presence of Hg...

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Autores principales: Smolarek-Lach, Justyna, Marynowski, Leszek, Trela, Wiesław, Wignall, Paul B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30816186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39333-9