Global Warming and Mass Extinctions Associated With Large Igneous Province Volcanism

Bond DPG, Sun Y (2021)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2021

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Edited Volumes: Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes

Series: Geophysical Monograph Series

Book Volume: 255

Pages Range: 85-102

DOI: 10.1002/9781119507444.ch3

Abstract

The coincidence of large igneous province (LIP) eruptions with at least three, if not all, of the Big Five biotic crises of the Phanerozoic implies that volcanism is a key driver of mass extinctions. Many LIP-induced extinction scenarios invoke global warming, caused primarily (but not exclusively) by greenhouse gases emitted at the site of LIP emplacement and by contact metamorphism of carbon-rich host rocks. Here we explore (1) the climate-changing products of volcanism including sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from eruptions, contact metamorphism, and melting (dissociation) of gas hydrates; (2) their deadly effects, including marine anoxia and thermal stress; (3) increasingly sophisticated paleotemperature proxies (e.g., delta(1)(8)Oof shell material) through case studies of the best-known LIP-warming-extinction nexi; and (4) global warming through the lens of the putative Anthropocene extinction.

Authors with CRIS profile

Yadong Sun Geozentrum Nordbayern

Involved external institutions

University of Hull GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Bond, D.P.G., & Sun, Y. (2021). Global Warming and Mass Extinctions Associated With Large Igneous Province Volcanism. In Richard E. Ernst, Alexander J. Dickson, Andrey Bekker (Eds.), Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes. (pp. 85-102). John Wiley & Sons.

MLA:

Bond, David P. G., and Yadong Sun. "Global Warming and Mass Extinctions Associated With Large Igneous Province Volcanism." Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes. Ed. Richard E. Ernst, Alexander J. Dickson, Andrey Bekker, John Wiley & Sons, 2021. 85-102.

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