Climate-forced Hg-remobilization associated with fern mutagenesis in the aftermath of the end-Triassic extinction.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Apr 2024
27 Apr 2024
Historique:
received:
12
10
2023
accepted:
12
04
2024
medline:
28
4
2024
pubmed:
28
4
2024
entrez:
27
4
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The long-term effects of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, a large igneous province connected to the end-Triassic mass-extinction (201.5 Ma), remain largely elusive. Here, we document the persistence of volcanic-induced mercury (Hg) pollution and its effects on the biosphere for ~1.3 million years after the extinction event. In sediments recovered in Germany (Schandelah-1 core), we record not only high abundances of malformed fern spores at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, but also during the lower Jurassic Hettangian, indicating repeated vegetation disturbance and stress that was eccentricity-forced. Crucially, these abundances correspond to increases in sedimentary Hg-concentrations. Hg-isotope ratios (δ
Identifiants
pubmed: 38678037
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47922-0
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-47922-0
doi:
Substances chimiques
Mercury
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
3596Subventions
Organisme : Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
ID : NWO ALWOP.623
Organisme : Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
ID : NWO ALWOP.623
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : grant No. 41973009
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