Communications Earth & Environment (Jul 2022)

Continental weathering and recovery from ocean nutrient stress during the Early Triassic Biotic Crisis

  • Jochen Knies,
  • Jasmin Schönenberger,
  • Horst Zwingmann,
  • Roelant van der Lelij,
  • Morten Smelror,
  • Per Erik Vullum,
  • Marco Brönner,
  • Christoph Vogt,
  • Ola Fredin,
  • Axel Müller,
  • Stephen E. Grasby,
  • Benoit Beauchamp,
  • Giulio Viola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00480-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Following the latest Permian extinction, nutrient availability from enhanced continental weathering enabled biological recovery in the ocean, according to K-Ar dating of clay minerals and nitrogen isotope analyses from high northern latitudes.