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Earliest land plants created modern levels of atmospheric oxygen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The progressive oxygenation of the Earth’s atmosphere was pivotal to the evolution of life, but the puzzle of when and how atmospheric oxygen (O2) first approached modern levels (~21%) remains unresolved.
Benjamin J. W. Mills   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

Enhanced Continental Weathering Triggered the Anoxia of Seawater and Mass Extinctions During the Late Ordovician

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
During the Late Ordovician period, changes in climate and mass extinctions were observed; however, the factors influencing these phenomena have not been fully understood.
Pan Tang, Xiangrong Yang, Detian Yan
doaj   +1 more source

Petrography and geochemistry of Palaeozoic quartz-rich sandstones from Saudi Arabia: implications for provenance and chemostratigraphy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Arabian Peninsula hosts a thick Palaeozoic succession, ranging from the Cambrian through the Permian. It not only contains deposits of the two major Palaeozoic glaciations but also holds both the major Palaeozoic hydrocarbon source and reservoir ...
Bassis, A, Hinderer, M, Meinhold, G
core   +1 more source

Biostratigraphy of Acritarchs and Chitinozoans in Ordovician Strata from the Fazel Abad Area, Southeastern Caspian Sea, Alborz Mountains, Northern Iran: Stratigraphic Implications [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2017
Sixty-four surface samples from the Lower Palaeozoic rock units (mainly Lalun,Abastu and Abarsaj formations) near Kholin-Darreh village in the Fazel Abad area,southeastern the Caspian Sea, Northern Iran, were analyzed to determine their agerelationships.
M. Ghavidel-syooki
doaj  

Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Middle-to-late Ediacaran (575-541 Ma) marine sedimentary rocks record the first appearance of macroscopic, multicellular body fossils, yet little is known about the environments and food sources that sustained this enigmatic fauna.
Bekker, Andrey   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

A late-Ordovician phreatomagmatic complex in marine soft-substrate environment: The Crozon volcanic system, Armorican Massif (France) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
International audienceThe mafic lavas and the diabases of Crozon (Armorican Massif, France), belong to an anorogenic Ordovician volcanic complex, emplaced on a rifted passive margin in North Gondwana.
Bénard, Antoine   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The Hirnantian graptolites Normalograptus persculptus and 'Glyptograptus' bohemicus: stratigraphical consequences of their synonymy

open access: yes, 1996
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Štorch, Petr, Loydell, David K
openaire   +2 more sources

87th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2025: Abstracts

open access: yes
Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 60, Issue S1, Page 30-350, August 2025.
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid marine oxygen variability: Driver of the Late Ordovician mass extinction. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Adv, 2022
Kozik NP   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hirnantian Glaciation

open access: yes, 2023
Chuanlong Mou   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

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