Rapid marine oxygen variability: Driver of the Late Ordovician mass extinction
(2022)
Journal Article
Kozik, N. P., Young, S. A., Newby, S. M., Liu, M., Chen, D., Hammarlund, E., Bond, D. P., Them, T. R., & Owens, J. D. (2022). Rapid marine oxygen variability: Driver of the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Science Advances, 8(46), eabn8345. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn8345
The timing and connections between global cooling, marine redox conditions, and biotic turnover are underconstrained for the Late Ordovician. The second most severe mass extinction occurred at the end of the Ordovician period, resulting in ~85% loss... Read More about Rapid marine oxygen variability: Driver of the Late Ordovician mass extinction.