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

Abstract 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 earl...

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Autores principales: Qing Gong, Xiangdong Wang, Laishi Zhao, Stephen E. Grasby, Zhong-Qiang Chen, Lei Zhang, Yang Li, Ling Cao, Zhihong Li
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d92b681762bc46f88861ffb3e77ed648
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