Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction

Feifei Zhang; Stephen J. Romaniello; Thomas J. Algeo; Kimberly V. Lau; Matthew E. Clapham; Sylvain Richoz; Achim D. Herrmann; Harrison Smith; Micha Horacek; Ariel D. Anbar

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1602921

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Multiple episodes of extensive marine anoxia linked to global warming and continental weathering following the latest Permian mass extinction

View ORCID ProfileFeifei Zhang¹,*,
View ORCID ProfileStephen J. Romaniello¹,
View ORCID ProfileThomas J. Algeo²,³,
View ORCID ProfileKimberly V. Lau⁴,
View ORCID ProfileMatthew E. Clapham⁵,
View ORCID ProfileSylvain Richoz⁶,⁷,
Achim D. Herrmann⁸,
View ORCID ProfileHarrison Smith¹,
View ORCID ProfileMicha Horacek⁶,⁹,¹⁰ and
View ORCID ProfileAriel D. Anbar ¹,¹¹

¹School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6004, USA.
²Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221–0013, USA.
³State Key Laboratories of Biogeology and Environmental Geology and Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
⁴Deparment of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
⁵Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
⁶Institute of Earth Sciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010 Graz, Austria.
⁷Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 22362 Lund, Sweden.
⁸Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
⁹Lehr- und Forschungszentrum Francisco-Josephinum, 3250 Wieselburg, Austria.
¹⁰Department of Lithospheric Research, Vienna University, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
¹¹School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: fzhang48{at}asu.edu

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Science Advances 11 Apr 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 4, e1602921
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602921

Feifei Zhang

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6004, USA.

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Stephen J. Romaniello

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6004, USA.

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Thomas J. Algeo

2Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221–0013, USA.

3State Key Laboratories of Biogeology and Environmental Geology and Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.

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Kimberly V. Lau

4Deparment of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

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Matthew E. Clapham

5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.

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Sylvain Richoz

6Institute of Earth Sciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010 Graz, Austria.

7Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 22362 Lund, Sweden.

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Achim D. Herrmann

8Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.

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Harrison Smith

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6004, USA.

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Micha Horacek

6Institute of Earth Sciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010 Graz, Austria.

9Lehr- und Forschungszentrum Francisco-Josephinum, 3250 Wieselburg, Austria.

10Department of Lithospheric Research, Vienna University, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

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Ariel D. Anbar

1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287–6004, USA.

11School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.

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