High temperature methane emissions from Large Igneous Provinces as contributors to late Permian mass extinctions

Chengsheng Chen; Shengfei Qin; Yunpeng Wang; Greg Holland; Peter Wynn; Wanxu Zhong; Zheng Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34645-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

High temperature methane emissions from Large Igneous Provinces as contributors to late Permian mass extinctions

Chengsheng Chen,
Shengfei Qin,
Yunpeng Wang,
Greg Holland,
Peter Wynn,
Wanxu Zhong,
Zheng Zhou

Affiliations

Chengsheng Chen: State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shengfei Qin: Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina
Yunpeng Wang: State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Greg Holland: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Manchester
Peter Wynn: Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University
Wanxu Zhong: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the University of Manchester
Zheng Zhou: Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34645-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Isotope signatures preserved within a natural gas reservoir reveal large quantities of methane were generated and released from oil by a Large Igneous Province, resulting in the initiation of global warming, which led to the End-Permian Extinction.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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