Martin Schobben
A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction
Schobben, Martin; Foster, William J.; Sleveland, Arve R.; Zuchuat, Valentin; Svensen, Henrik; Planke, Sverre; Bond, David P.G.; Marcelis, Fons; Newton, Robert J.; Wignall, Paul B.; Poulton, Simon W.
Authors
William J. Foster
Arve R. Sleveland
Valentin Zuchuat
Henrik Svensen
Sverre Planke
David Bond D.Bond@hull.ac.uk
Palaeoenvironmental Scientist and Schools Liason Officer
Fons Marcelis
Robert J. Newton
Paul B. Wignall
Simon W. Poulton
Abstract
© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Oxygen deprivation and hydrogen sulfide toxicity are considered potent kill mechanisms during the mass extinction just before the Permian–Triassic boundary (~251.9 million years ago). However, the mechanism that drove vast stretches of the ocean to an anoxic state is unclear. Here, we present palaeoredox and phosphorus speciation data for a marine bathymetric transect from Svalbard. This shows that, before the extinction, enhanced weathering driven by Siberian Traps volcanism increased the influx of phosphorus, thus enhancing marine primary productivity and oxygen depletion in proximal shelf settings. However, this non-sulfidic state efficiently sequestered phosphorus in the sediment in association with iron minerals, thus restricting the intensity and spatial extent of oxygen-depleted waters. The collapse of vegetation on land immediately before the marine extinction changed the relative weathering influx of iron and sulfate. The resulting transition to euxinic (sulfidic) conditions led to enhanced remobilization of bioavailable phosphorus, initiating a feedback that caused the spread of anoxic waters across large portions of the shelf. This reconciles a lag of >0.3 million years between the onset of enhanced weathering and the development of widespread, but geographically variable, ocean anoxia, with major implications for extinction selectivity.
Citation
Schobben, M., Foster, W. J., Sleveland, A. R., Zuchuat, V., Svensen, H., Planke, S., Bond, D. P., Marcelis, F., Newton, R. J., Wignall, P. B., & Poulton, S. W. (2020). A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0622-1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 9, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 17, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jul 14, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 27, 2020 |
Journal | Nature Geoscience |
Print ISSN | 1752-0894 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0622-1 |
Keywords | Element cycles; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate; Palaeontology |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3538458 |
Publisher URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-0622-1 |
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