Mercury spikes suggest volcanic driver of the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05524-5
Abstract: The second largest Phanerozoic mass extinction occurred at the Ordovician-Silurian (O-S) boundary. However, unlike the other major mass extinction events, the driver for the O-S extinction remains uncertain. The abundance of mercury (Hg) and total… read more here.
Keywords: mercury spikes; extinction; mass extinction; ordovician silurian ... See more keywords