Spatiotemporal distribution of global mercury enrichments through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and links to volcanism

Jin, Simin; Kemp, David B.; Shen, Jun; Yin, Runsheng; Jolley, David W.; Vieira, Manuel; Huang, Chunju

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104647

Earth-Science Reviews

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104647

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Spatiotemporal distribution of global mercury enrichments through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and links to volcanism

Simin Jin,

David B. Kemp,

Jun Shen

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Multi-layered physical factors govern mercury release from soil: Implications for predicting the environmental fate of mercury

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Multi-layered physical factors govern mercury release from soil: Implications for predicting the environmental fate of mercury

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Volcanic and orbitally forced carbon release during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum

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Fan,

Zhang

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The drivers of the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO) remain enigmatic. Here we report a high-resolution terrestrial MECO record from the Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. The record shows episodic Hg enrichments and a volcanogenic Δ199Hg signature during the MECO, and an abrupt chemical weathering enhancement and negative δ13Corg excursion (CIE) during the MECO peak warmth. A high-resolution age model constrains the MECO to ca. 40.59−40.18 Ma with the onset in the first ∼320 k.y. Peak warmth and the CIE initiated at 40.27 Ma, corresponding to 405 k.y. and 100 k.y. eccentricity maxima, and lasted for ∼90 k.y., reminiscent of the early Eocene hyperthermals. Our findings suggest that episodic volcanism contributed to gradual atmospheric pCO2 rise, leading to the long duration of the MECO onset. Orbital forcing at 40.27 Ma, on top of CO2 forcing, caused the peak warmth and a positive carbon cycle feedback. The regional increase in weathering is inconsistent with evidence for weakened global continental weathering, suggesting strong spatial heterogeneity in the weathering response to MECO warming.

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Spatiotemporal distribution of global mercury enrichments through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and links to volcanism

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Multi-layered physical factors govern mercury release from soil: Implications for predicting the environmental fate of mercury

Multi-layered physical factors govern mercury release from soil: Implications for predicting the environmental fate of mercury

Volcanic and orbitally forced carbon release during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum

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