Timing and pacing of the Late Devonian mass extinction event regulated by eccentricity and obliquity

Understanding of Late Devonian mass extinction mechanisms is poor due to imprecise stratigraphies. Here, using cyclostratigraphic techniques, the authors present a global orbitally-calibrated chronology and reveal the key role of astronomically-forced Milankovitch climate change.

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Main Authors: David De Vleeschouwer, Anne-Christine Da Silva, Matthias Sinnesael, Daizhao Chen, James E. Day, Michael T. Whalen, Zenghui Guo, Philippe Claeys
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fc546eeb10094289a32e413a752e8a62
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