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Mercury anomaly, Deccan volcanism, and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
Font, Eric; Adatte, Thierry; Sial, Alcides Nobrega; Lacerda, Luiz Drude de; Keller, Gerta; Punekar, JahnaviThe contribution of the Deccan Traps (west-central India) volcanism in the CretaceousPaleogene (KPg) crisis is still a matter of debate. Recent U-Pb dating of zircons interbedded within the Deccan lava flows indicate that the main eruptive phase (>1.1 × 106 km3 of basalts) initiated ~250 k.y. before and ended ~500 k.y. after the KPg boundary. However, the global geochemical effects of Deccan volcanism in the ma...
Rapid light carbon releases and increased aridity linked to Karoo-Ferrar magmat...
Font, Eric; Duarte, Luís Vítor; Dekkers, Mark J.; Remazeilles, Celine; Egli, Ramon; Spangenberg, Jorge E.; Fantasia, Alicia; Ribeiro, Joana; Gomes, ElsaLarge-scale release of isotopically light carbon is responsible for the carbon isotope excursion (CIE) of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event during the Lower Jurassic. Proposed sources include methane hydrate dissociation, volcanogenic outgassing of carbon dioxide and/or thermogenic methane release from the Karoo-Ferrar magmatic province (southern Africa). Distinct small-scale shifts superimposed on the long-ter...
Volcanic origin of the mercury anomalies at the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition...
Font, Eric Claude; Chen, Jiubin; Regelous, Marcel; Regelous, Anette; Adatte, ThierryThe timing and mechanisms of the climatic and environmental perturbations induced by the emplacement of the Deccan Traps large igneous province (India) and their contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction are still debated. In many marine sediment archives, mercury (Hg) enrichments straddling the K-Pg boundary have been interpreted as the signature of Deccan Traps volcanism, but Hg may also...
Deccan volcanism induced high-stress environment during the Cretaceous–Paleogen...
Font, Eric; Adatte, Thierry; Andrade, Mariana; Keller, Gerta; Mbabi Bitchong, André; Carvallo, Claire; Ferreira, Joana; Diogo, Zenaida; Mirão, JoséWe conducted detailed rock magnetic, mineralogical and geochemical (mercury) analyses spanning the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (KPB) at Zumaia, Spain, to unravel the signature of Deccan-induced climate and environmental changes in the marine sedimentary record. Our biostratigraphic results show that Zumaia is not complete, and lacks the typical boundary clay, zone P0 and the base of zone P1a(1) in the basal D...
Tracing acidification induced by Deccan Phase 2 volcanism
Font, Eric; Ponte, Jorge; Adatte, Thierry; Fantasia, Alicia; Florindo, Fabio; Abrajevitch, Alexandra; Mirao, JoseThe Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP) was built up by three major phases of eruptions; the most voluminous of which, the Deccan Phase 2, encompassed the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (KT) boundary. Deccan eruptions have been implicated as a contributor to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, however, mechanism by which volcanic activity affected biota remains poorly understood. We applied a combination of rock magnetic tec...