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DOI	10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104094
	Middle Jurassic terrestrial environmental and floral changes linked to volcanism: Evidence from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
	Zhang, Peixin; Yang, Minfang; Lu, Jing; Jiang, Zhongfeng; Zhou, Kai; Liu, Haoqing; He, Zhen; Wang, Ye; Bian, Xiao; Shao, Longyi; Hilton, Jason; Bond, David P. G.
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0921-8181
EISSN	1872-6364
卷号	223
英文摘要	The breakup of Pangaea and the rapid opening of the Ligurian and Central Atlantic oceans during the Middle Jurassic resulted in widespread volcanism accompanied by significant shifts in global environments, climates, and floras. Although major volcanism is a plausible driver of such global changes, linking these phenomena in the Middle Jurassic is hindered by a lack of detailed sedimentary records from which to evaluate cause and effect. Here, we link Middle Jurassic environmental, climatic, and floral changes with volcanism using records from the Dameigou section of the Qaidam Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. High-resolution chemostratigraphic (813Corg patterns) and biostratigraphic (palynological fossils) data reveal three negative organic carbon isotope excursions (NCIE) at the Aalenian-Bajocian boundary, the Bajocian-Bathonian boundary, and in the middle of the Callovian, respectively. The first two NCIEs (NCIE-I and NCIE-II) were accompanied by relatively warm and humid climatic conditions and coal accumulation. In contrast, the third NCIE (NCIE-III) was accompanied by warm but dry climatic conditions, a decrease in coal accumulation, a decline in plant diversity, the significant decline in fern spore diversity and abundance, and a rapid increase in the abundance of Classopollis pollen (based on petrological, palynological, PCA, Hydrophyte/Xerophyte ratio, and nMDS data). Four sedimentary mercury anomalies (Hg/Al2O3 spikes) have temporal coincidence with the three NCIEs and climate warming events, suggesting a volcanic origin for these. We suggest that volcanism was a key driver of Middle Jurassic change, with major pulses releasing large amounts of CO2 and Hg into the atmosphere, resulting in Hg loading, NCIEs, climatic warming, and floral changes in terrestrial strata. Our multi-proxy study provides new insights into the links between volcanism and terrestrial environmental, climatic, and floral changes during the Middle Jurassic.
关键词	Middle Jurassic Terrestrial Qaidam Basin Palynological fossils Organic carbon isotope composition Volcanism
英文关键词	ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; ORGANIC-MATTER; QAIDAM BASIN; CARBON-CYCLE; MERCURY; EVOLUTION; SUCCESSION; MECHANISM; EVENTS; CRISIS
WOS研究方向	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000967135600001
来源期刊	GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/283224
作者单位	China National Petroleum Corporation; PetroChina Company; China University of Mining & Technology; Henan University of Urban Construction; Tsinghua University; University of Birmingham; University of Hull
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Peixin,Yang, Minfang,Lu, Jing,et al. Middle Jurassic terrestrial environmental and floral changes linked to volcanism: Evidence from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China[J],2023,223.
APA	Zhang, Peixin.,Yang, Minfang.,Lu, Jing.,Jiang, Zhongfeng.,Zhou, Kai.,...&Bond, David P. G..(2023).Middle Jurassic terrestrial environmental and floral changes linked to volcanism: Evidence from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE,223.
MLA	Zhang, Peixin,et al."Middle Jurassic terrestrial environmental and floral changes linked to volcanism: Evidence from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China".GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE 223(2023).