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Amelioration of marine environments at the Smithian–Spathian boundary, Early Triassic
L. Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
L. Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
Z.-Q. Chen
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State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
T. J. Algeo
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State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
Y. Li
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
L. Cao
State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, China
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The Smithian--Spathian boundary was a key event in the recovery of marine environments and ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction ~1.5 million years earlier. Our analysis of the Shitouzhai section in South China reveals major changes in oceanographic conditions at the SSB intensification of oceanic circulation leading to enhanced upwelling of nutrient- and sulfide-rich deep waters and coinciding with an abrupt cooling that terminated the Early Triassic hothouse climate.
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