Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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New findings of Dunyu (Eugaleaspiformes, Galeaspida) from the Xiaoxi Formation in South China and their biostratigraphic significance [PDF]
New discoveries of the late Silurian fossil fish Dunyu (Eugaleaspidae, Eugaleaspiformes, Galeaspida), Dunyu tianlu sp. nov. and Dunyu sp., are described from the Xiaoxi Formation in Xiushan of Chongqing and Xiushui of Jiangxi, China respectively.
Qiang Li +8 more
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Endolymphatic structures in headshields of the osteostracan genus Tremataspis (Agnatha) from the Silurian of Estonia [PDF]
Details of the endolymphatic structures are described for the first time in the headshields of the osteostracan genus Tremataspis from the Silurian of Estonia.
Tiiu Märss +2 more
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Stable carbon isotope stratigraphy of the Silurian in the Jočionys-299 borehole (eastern Lithuania) [PDF]
In recent years it has become commonplace to formalize chemostratigraphic units and identify isotopic zones (chemoÂstratigraphic units) from excursions.
Tomas Želvys +5 more
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Early Silurian (Llandovery) Trilobite fauna from [PDF]
The aim of this study is to analyze the assemblage of trilobites in the Silurian sequences of Iran by exploring stratigraphic section of the Silurian Niur Formation (Asadli section).
Hamed Ameri
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During the Palaeozoic Era, plants conquered the land and covered greater and greater areas from coastal lowlands to highlands. Palaeobotanical data based on macroremains from Polish Palaeozoic strata complete and enrich the picture of these processes ...
Grzegorz Pacyna, Maria Barbacka
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Silurian wildfire proxies and atmospheric oxygen
The earliest evidence of wildfire is documented from two localities: the early mid-Silurian Pen-y-lan Mudstone, Rumney, Wales (UK), and the late Silurian Winnica Formation, Winnica, Poland. Nematophytes dominate both charcoal assemblages.
I. Glasspool, R. Gastaldo
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Palaeontological And Geological Highlights Of The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]
The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark, located in central England, joined the Global Geopark Network in July 2020. It is the most urban Geopark in the network with a population of approximately 1.1 million people.
Graham Worton +2 more
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Trepostome bryozoans encrusting Silurian gastropods: A taphonomic window and its implications for biodiversity [PDF]
Silurian turreted gastropods from the Upper Leintwardine Formation, Ludlow Series, collected in Delbury Quarry, Shropshire, UK, are all encrusted by the trepostome bryozoan Homotrypa cochlea sp. nov.
CAROLINE J. BUTTLER +2 more
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Shale lithofacies has an important influence on shale reservoirs. It controls the hydrocarbon generation capacity, storage performance and fracturing performance of shale to a certain extent.
Guanbao REN +3 more
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