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Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects

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  • Jun Shen

    (China University of Geosciences)

  • Jiubin Chen

    (Tianjin University)

  • Jianxin Yu

    (China University of Geosciences)

  • Thomas J. Algeo

    (China University of Geosciences
    China University of Geosciences
    University of Cincinnati)

  • Roger M. H. Smith

    (University of the Witwatersrand
    Iziko South African Museum)

  • Jennifer Botha

    (University of the Witwatersrand
    National Museum)

  • Tracy D. Frank

    (University of Connecticut)

  • Christopher R. Fielding

    (University of Connecticut)

  • Peter D. Ward

    (University of Washington)

  • Tamsin A. Mather

    (University of Oxford)

Abstract

The latest Permian mass extinction (LPME) was triggered by magmatism of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province (STLIP), which left an extensive record of sedimentary Hg anomalies at Northern Hemisphere and tropical sites. Here, we present Hg records from terrestrial sites in southern Pangea, nearly antipodal to contemporaneous STLIP activity, providing insights into the global distribution of volcanogenic Hg during this event and its environmental processing. These profiles (two from Karoo Basin, South Africa; two from Sydney Basin, Australia) exhibit significant Hg enrichments within the uppermost Permian extinction interval as well as positive Δ199Hg excursions (to ~0.3‰), providing evidence of long-distance atmospheric transfer of volcanogenic Hg. These results demonstrate the far-reaching effects of the Siberian Traps as well as refine stratigraphic placement of the LPME interval in the Karoo Basin at a temporal resolution of ~105 years based on global isochronism of volcanogenic Hg anomalies.

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  • Jun Shen & Jiubin Chen & Jianxin Yu & Thomas J. Algeo & Roger M. H. Smith & Jennifer Botha & Tracy D. Frank & Christopher R. Fielding & Peter D. Ward & Tamsin A. Mather, 2023. "Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-35272-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35272-8
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