Biogeochemical constraints on the Triassic‐Jurassic boundary carbon cycle event
@article{Beerling2002BiogeochemicalCO, title={Biogeochemical constraints on the Triassic‐Jurassic boundary carbon cycle event}, author={David J. Beerling and Robert. A. Berner}, journal={Global Biogeochemical Cycles}, year={2002}, volume={16} }
The end‐Triassic mass extinctions represent one of the five most severe biotic crises in Earth history, yet remain one of the most enigmatic. Ongoing debate concerns the environmental effects of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) eruptions and their linkage with the mass extinction event across the Triassic‐Jurassic boundary. There is conflicting paleo‐evidence for changes in atmospheric pCO2 during the extrusion of the CAMP basalts. Studies on sediments from European and Pacific…
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