Ordovician and Silurian sea-water chemistry, sea level, and climate: A synopsis

Munnecke A, Calner M, Harper DA, Servais T (2010)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2010

Journal

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Elsevier

Book Volume: 296

Pages Range: 389-413

URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018210004785

DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.001

Open Access Link: http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0031018210004785/1-s2.0-S0031018210004785-main.pdf?_tid=47f27c86-6637-11e7-8c07-00000aacb360&acdnat=1499777507_a5a27eecc11b77221afeb6d824cbffb3

Abstract

Following the Cambrian Explosion and the appearance in the fossil record of most animal phyla associated with a range of new body plans, the Ordovician and Silurian periods witnessed three subsequent major biotic events: the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, the end-Ordovician extinction (the first animal extinction and second largest of the five mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic), and the Early Silurian post-extinction recovery. There are currently no simple explanations for these three major events. Combined extrinsic (geological) and intrinsic (biological) factors probably drove the biodiversifications and radiations, and the appearance and disappearance of marine habitats have to be analysed in the frame of changing palaeogeography, palaeoclimate and sea-water chemistry. The present paper reviews the relationships of the three biotic events to chemical and physical processes occurring in the ocean and atmosphere during the Ordovician and Silurian, including sea-level changes, geochemical proxies (δC, δO, Sr/Sr) of the ocean waters, and the evolution of the atmosphere (oxygen and carbon dioxide content). © 2010 Elsevier B.V.

Authors with CRIS profile

Axel Munnecke Professur für Paläontologie (Schwerpunkt Faziesanalyse)

Involved external institutions

Lund University / Lunds universitet SE Sweden (SE) Durham University GB United Kingdom (GB) LILLE 1 University - Science and Technology FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Munnecke, A., Calner, M., Harper, D.A., & Servais, T. (2010). Ordovician and Silurian sea-water chemistry, sea level, and climate: A synopsis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 296, 389-413. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.001

MLA:

Munnecke, Axel, et al. "Ordovician and Silurian sea-water chemistry, sea level, and climate: A synopsis." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 296 (2010): 389-413.

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