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Paleozoic Extinctions

A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 4769

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Prof. Diana L. Boyer

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Winthrop University, 212B Sims Science Building, 876 Ebenezer Avenue, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA
Interests: extinction; fossils; sedimentology; paleontology; geochemistry; Paleoclimate; biostratigraphy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Paleozoic Era includes several of the most significant extinction events in the history of life, including three of the classic ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions, but also numerous other significant biotic turnover events. These events were not only devastating in the magnitude of diversity reduction, but they also demonstrate variety in driving mechanisms including links to volcanism, climate change, anoxia and other fluxes in ocean chemistry, and depressed origination rates, among numerous others. Further, the tools to investigate these global events are equally diverse and becoming more and more sophisticated. This Special Issue will examine the causes and consequences of Paleozoic extinctions through the exploration of their uniqueness and commonality through a diverse range of proxies. The drive to understand the biological responses to perturbations in the Earth’s systems is pressing in light of the rate of modern biodiversity loss, and the Paleozoic provides the opportunity to explore a sensational range of biotic catastrophes.

Prof. Diana L. Boyer
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Mass extinction
  • Paleozoic
  • Large igneous province
  • Oceanic anoxic event
  • Volcanism
  • Bolide impact
  • Climate change
  • Sea-level rise

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Linking Siberian Traps LIP Emplacement and End-Permian Mass Extinction: Evidence from Magnetic Stratigraphy of the Maymecha-Kotuy Volcanic Section
by Anton V. Latyshev, Anna M. Fetisova and Roman V. Veselovskiy
Geosciences 2020, 10(8), 295; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10080295 - 2 Aug 2020
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The Siberian Traps Large Igneous Provinces (LIP) emplacement is considered as one of possible triggers for the end-Permian global biotic crisis. However, relative timing of the onset of extinction and the main phase of the magmatic activity are not yet accurately constrained. We [...] Read more.
The Siberian Traps Large Igneous Provinces (LIP) emplacement is considered as one of possible triggers for the end-Permian global biotic crisis. However, relative timing of the onset of extinction and the main phase of the magmatic activity are not yet accurately constrained. We present the detailed paleomagnetic data for the thickest composite section of the Siberian Traps volcanics, located in the Maymecha-Kotuy region. The major part of the Maymecha-Kotuy section erupted in the beginning of Early Triassic period and postdate came the onset of the biotic crisis. However, the initial pulse of volcanic activity in this region took place at the end of the Permian period, and likely preceded the extinction event, being nearly coeval to the lowest part of tuff-lava sequence of Norilsk. The suggested correlation scheme of volcanic sections from different regions of the Siberian platform shows that explosive and extrusive events foregoing the onset of extinction can be identified in almost all regions of the Siberian Traps LIP. Finally, we estimate the total duration of magmatic activity in the Maymecha-Kotuy region as ~2 Myr and assume that this lasted after the termination of eruptions in other parts of the Siberian platform. Full article
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