Stable ocean redox during the main phase of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

Álvaro del Rey; Christian Mac Ørum Rasmussen; Mikael Calner; Rongchang Wu; Dan Asael; Tais W. Dahl

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00548-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2022)

Stable ocean redox during the main phase of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

Álvaro del Rey,
Christian Mac Ørum Rasmussen,
Mikael Calner,
Rongchang Wu,
Dan Asael,
Tais W. Dahl

Affiliations

Álvaro del Rey: GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen
Christian Mac Ørum Rasmussen: GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen
Mikael Calner: Department of Geology, Lund University
Rongchang Wu: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dan Asael: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University
Tais W. Dahl: GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00548-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The period leading up to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event was characterised by stable marine anoxic zones with a substantial increase in atmospheric oxygen occurring only after this, according to uranium isotope analyses of marine carbonates from southern Sweden

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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