A sulfidic driver for the end-Ordovician mass extinction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-139

  Hammarlund, Emma U ^a,b,c   Dahl, Tais W ^b   Harper, David A T ^d,f   Bond, David P G ^e   Nielsen, Arne T ^f   Bjerrum, Christian J ^g   Schovsbo, Niels H ^h   Schönlaub, Hans P ⁱ   Zalasiewicz, Jan A ^j   Canfield, Donald E ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

ⁱ ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mass extinction; Ordovician; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC WATER; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMOCLINE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEPWATER; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; EUXINIA; EUXINIC CONDITIONS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; HABITAT LOSS; MASS EXTINCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; REDOX INDICATOR; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTH POLE; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMNS;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGENATION; SEA LEVEL; SULFUR;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

NORMALOGRAPTUS EXTRAORDINARIUS; NORMALOGRAPTUS PERSCULPTUS;

EID: 84860630476     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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