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Qualitative and quantitative approaches in palaeohydrography: a case study from core-top parameters in the Gulf of Cadiz (2010)
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Rogerson, M., Schönfeld, J., & Leng, M. J. (2011). Qualitative and quantitative approaches in palaeohydrography: a case study from core-top parameters in the Gulf of Cadiz. Marine Geology, 280(1-4), 150-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2010.12.008

Palaeoceanography relies on the assumption that parameters measureable in sediment cores correlate reliably to hydrographic parameters. Areas of dynamic watermass mixing, which generally have steep hydrographic gradients, therefore provide both a tem... Read More about Qualitative and quantitative approaches in palaeohydrography: a case study from core-top parameters in the Gulf of Cadiz.

Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish (2010)
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Dahl, T. W., Hammarlund, E. U., Anbar, A. D., Bond, D. P. G., Gill, B. C., Gordon, G. W., Knoll, A. H., Nielsen, A. T., Schovsbo, N. H., & Canfield, D. E. (2010). Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(42), 17911-17915. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011287107

The evolution of Earth's biota is intimately linked to the oxygenation of the oceans and atmosphere. We use the isotopic composition and concentration of molybdenum (Mo) in sedimentary rocks to explore this relationship. Our results indicate two epis... Read More about Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish.

Tectonic setting and timing of the final Deccan flood basalt eruptions (2010)
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Hooper, P., Widdowson, M., & Kelley, S. (2010). Tectonic setting and timing of the final Deccan flood basalt eruptions. Geology, 38(9), 839-842. https://doi.org/10.1130/G31072.1

The role of extensional tectonics in the generation of basaltic melt and eruption of continental flood basalts is controversial, and yet it remains crucial to understanding the origin and cause of these large-volume eruptions. Establishing the timing... Read More about Tectonic setting and timing of the final Deccan flood basalt eruptions.

The Middle Permian (Capitanian) mass extinction on land and in the oceans (2010)
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Bond, D. P. G., Hilton, J., Wignall, P. B., Ali, J. R., Stevens, L. G., Sun, Y., & Lai, X. (2010). The Middle Permian (Capitanian) mass extinction on land and in the oceans. Earth-Science Reviews, 102(1-2), 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.07.004

A Middle Permian mass extinction, first discovered in 1994, has become known as the "end-Guadalupian event" in the literature. However, recent studies of foraminifera- and brachiopod-range truncations in conodont-dated sections on the South China Blo... Read More about The Middle Permian (Capitanian) mass extinction on land and in the oceans.

Tectonic history and occurrence of 2.4 Ga mafic dyke swarms adjacent to Godavari Basin, Karimnagar, India (2010)
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Mallikharjuna Rao, J., Poornachandra Rao, G. V., Widdowson, M., Yellappa, T., & Kelley, S. P. (2010). Tectonic history and occurrence of 2.4 Ga mafic dyke swarms adjacent to Godavari Basin, Karimnagar, India. Current Science, 98(11), 1472-1478

Proterozoic dyke swarms are exposed partly in granulitic terrain and partly in gneissic terrain and extend in a NE-SW direction near the Godavari Basin, Karimnagar area, Central India. The Karimnagar dyke swarm petrographically exhibits two groups su... Read More about Tectonic history and occurrence of 2.4 Ga mafic dyke swarms adjacent to Godavari Basin, Karimnagar, India.

Dating the onset and nature of the Middle Permian Emeishan large igneous province eruptions in SW China using conodont biostratigraphy and its bearing on mantle plume uplift models (2010)
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Sun, Y., Lai, X., Wignall, P. B., Widdowson, M., Ali, J. R., Jiang, H., Wang, W., Yan, C., Bond, D. P., & Védrine, S. (2010). Dating the onset and nature of the Middle Permian Emeishan large igneous province eruptions in SW China using conodont biostratigraphy and its bearing on mantle plume uplift models. Lithos, 119(1-2), 20-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2010.05.012

The Middle Permian Emeishan large igneous province of SW China has provided the quintessential example of the phenomenon of kilometre-scale pre-eruption domal uplift associated with mantle plume impingement on the base of the lithosphere. One key lin... Read More about Dating the onset and nature of the Middle Permian Emeishan large igneous province eruptions in SW China using conodont biostratigraphy and its bearing on mantle plume uplift models.

The mid-Capitanian (Middle Permian) mass extinction and carbon isotope record of South China (2010)
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Bond, D. P. G., Wignall, P. B., Wang, W., Izon, G., Jiang, H. S., Lai, X. L., Sun, Y. D., Newton, R. J., Shao, L. Y., Védrine, S., & Cope, H. (2010). The mid-Capitanian (Middle Permian) mass extinction and carbon isotope record of South China. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 292(1-2), 282-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.056

Conodont, C isotope and fossil and facies data are presented for the Capitanian (Middle Permian) mass extinction record seen in platform carbonates (Maokou and Wuchiaping formations) of South China, where limestones interdigitate with the volcanic su... Read More about The mid-Capitanian (Middle Permian) mass extinction and carbon isotope record of South China.

New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episodes (2010)
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Barry, T. L., Self, S., Kelley, S. P., Reidel, S., Hooper, P., & Widdowson, M. (2010). New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episodes. Lithos, 118(3-4), 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2010.03.014

Grande Ronde Basalt (GRB) lavas represent the most voluminous eruptive pulse of the Columbia River-Snake River-Yellowstone hotspot volcanism. With an estimated eruptive volume of 150,000km3, GRB lavas form at least 66% of the total volume of the Colu... Read More about New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Grande Ronde lavas, Columbia River Basalts, USA: Implications for duration of flood basalt eruption episodes.

An 80 million year oceanic redox history from Permian to Jurassic pelagic sediments of the Mino-Tamba terrane, SW Japan, and the origin of four mass extinctions (2010)
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Wignall, P. B., Bond, D. P., Kuwahara, K., Kakuwa, Y., Newton, R. J., & Poulton, S. W. (2010). An 80 million year oceanic redox history from Permian to Jurassic pelagic sediments of the Mino-Tamba terrane, SW Japan, and the origin of four mass extinctions. Global and planetary change, 71(1-2), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.022

Fabric and pyrite framboid size analysis of Permian to Jurassic samples from the Mino-Tamba terrane of Japan provide an 80myr redox history from the Panthalassa Ocean. Fully oxygenated conditions dominated but were punctuated by three phases of anoxi... Read More about An 80 million year oceanic redox history from Permian to Jurassic pelagic sediments of the Mino-Tamba terrane, SW Japan, and the origin of four mass extinctions.