Mercury in marine Ordovician/Silurian boundary sections of South China is sulfide-hosted and non-volcanic in origin

• Published in: Earth and planetary science letters Vol. 511; pp. 130 - 140
• Main Authors: Shen, Jun, Algeo, Thomas J., Chen, Jiubin, Planavsky, Noah J., Feng, Qinglai, Yu, Jianxin, Liu, Jinling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2019
• Subjects: anoxia; black shale; mass extinction; mercury isotopes; pyrite; volcanism; black shale; mass extinction; mercury isotopes; pyrite; anoxia; volcanism

Mercury (Hg) enrichment in stratigraphic successions is now widely used as a proxy for volcanic inputs, often for the purpose of documenting a relationship between large igneous province (LIP) magmatism and ecosystem perturbations. Earlier studies of Hg in Ordovician/Silurian boundary (OSB) sections...