Article
Geography, Physical
David K. Brezinski
Summary: Based on cluster and correspondence analysis, Late Paleozoic trilobites exhibit varying degrees of provincialism and cosmopolitanism over time. These distributional changes are shown to coincide temporally with the closure of the Rheic Ocean and the onset and decline of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age. The trilobite faunas of different epochs and geological periods also show differences in distribution and ecological tendencies.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Weijia Zhang, Jiaju Li, Xue Cheng, Hangjie Yu, Shaomin Cai
Summary: The study of coral fossils from the Shiqiantan Formation (310 Ma) in China has revealed that the growth line increments of a single coral in the area are influenced by the duration of sunlight exposure. Additionally, the daily increment of growth lines, caused by calcium carbonate deposition, follows an unusual bimodal curve. This study indicates that Shiqiantan experienced distinct seasonal changes during the Late Carboniferous period, with a climate similar to that of modern North China. The findings presented in this paper provide important insights into the study of Late Paleozoic climate and the ancient obliquity of the ecliptic.
Article
Geography, Physical
Timothy F. Lawton, Ronald C. Blakey, Daniel F. Stockli, Li Liu
Summary: The passage discusses the evolution of sediment-dispersal networks from the Late Mississippian to the middle Permian in western equatorial Pangea, influenced by climate, eustasy, and the late Paleozoic orogenic system. Different geological events, such as uplifts, basins, and river systems, contributed to the transportation and distribution of sediment across the region, shaping the landscape over time.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Biao Gao, Jitao Chen, Xing Huang, Hao Xin, Quanfeng Zheng
Summary: The tectonic setting of South China during the late Paleozoic is crucial for understanding the geodynamics of the eastern margin of the Pangea supercontinent. By studying the late Carboniferous siliciclastic rocks in southeast South China, it is revealed that there was episodic lithospheric delamination and subduction of the paleo-Pacific plate beneath the South China Block in the late Paleozoic.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Federico M. Davila, Federico Martina, Pilar Avila, Miguel Ezpeleta
Summary: During the Mississippian to Pennsylvanian, mountain-building processes, changes from marine to continental sedimentary paleoenvironments, and the formation of mountain glaciers dominated the landscape of SW Gondwana. These processes were likely controlled by uplift, possibly related to mantle dynamics, as supported by paleo-elevation and paleo-isostatic analysis. The study proposes that mantle forces during slab window formation or the occurrence of a mantle plume may have caused the required uplift for glaciation in SW Gondwana.
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Ren Wei, Mingsong Li, Rui Zhang, Yongyun Hu, James G. Ogg, Guoyong Liu, He Huang, Xiangwu He, Shuai Yuan, Qifan Lin, Zhijun Jin
Summary: This study provides evidence for the involvement of continental aquifers in the global water cycle during icehouse episodes at the million-year scale. The analysis of lacustrine sedimentary sequences and paleoclimate simulations reveals the influence of groundwater aquifers on long-period obliquity cycles and sea-level fluctuations during the late Paleozoic ice age.
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Gabriel J. Uhlein, Alexandre Uhlein
Summary: The miniature paleocontinent in the Sao Francisco River valley in eastern Brazil preserves two different glacial epochs, recorded mainly by the Jequitai Formation and Santa Fe Group. These formations provide important insights into the tectonic evolution and climate changes during the late Neoproterozoic and late Paleozoic.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jun Zhang, Xiaozhong Huang, Mingrui Qiang, Otgonbayar Demberel, Wenjia Wang, Min Zheng, Lixiong Xiang, Yu Hu, Jule Xiao
Summary: This study reconstructs the changes in aeolian activity in western Mongolia since 14 ka by analyzing sediment grain size records from Tolbo Lake. The results suggest that intensified aeolian activity in the late Holocene is a response to stronger surface winds caused by increased spring insolation and mountain snow. Stable weak aeolian activity during the middle Holocene coincides with ice-rafting events in the North Atlantic and may be a response to warming at northern high latitudes, increased humidity, and vegetation coverage in western Mongolia.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Gokay Yildiz
Summary: The Carboniferous compressional deformation of the Arabian Plate is linked to the Gondwana subduction, which caused uplift, erosion, and structural changes in southeast Turkey. The subsequent opening of the Neo-Tethys resulted in extensional tectonism in the Arabian Plate. This study explores the impact of these events on the Paleozoic petroleum system in southeast Turkey.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Laura M. Norman, Rattan Lal, Ellen Wohl, Emily Fairfax, Allen C. Gellis, Michael M. Pollock
Summary: This article discusses the unique characteristics and vulnerabilities of dryland fluvial ecosystems, and introduces Natural Infrastructure in Dryland Streams (NIDS) as a way to restore their functions. The study finds that NIDS can create wetlands in water-scarce areas and play a key role in slowing down water drainage to facilitate natural processes. The article also explores how NIDS can be used to restore natural biogeochemical feedback loops and mitigate climate change effects.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yukun Shi, Xiangdong Wang, Junxuan Fan, Hao Huang, Huiqing Xu, Yingying Zhao, Shuzhong Shen
Summary: Recent study revealed a rapid increase of marine fauna species and genus richness during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age, lasting 41.2 million years and named as Carboniferous-earliest Permian Biodiversification Event (CPBE). The event included a slow increase episode and a main radiation episode, with most distinct patterns in fusulinid foraminifera and decreasing trends in nektonic conodonts and cephalopods, possibly related to marine environmental shifts caused by the Rheic Ocean closure.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Biao Gao, Hao Xin, Xing Huang, Keyi Hu, Quanfeng Zheng, Jitao Chen
Summary: This study presents sedimentological and biostratigraphic research on a late Carboniferous mixed carbonate-siliciclastic succession in southeastern South China, revealing the sedimentary response to the late Paleozoic ice age. The study found that there was a sudden increase in siliciclastic influx during the late Moscovian, which was caused by an enhanced precipitation event.
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tingting Wang, Jian Cao, Jun Jin, Liuwen Xia, Baoli Xiang, Wanyun Ma, Wenwen Li, Wenjun He
Summary: This study focused on the Late Paleozoic Fengcheng Formation in the Junggar Basin, NW China, using organic and inorganic geochemical methods. Results indicate that the formation was deposited in an anoxic, hypersaline, stratified lacustrine environment with higher freshwater influx in the upper part. The spatiotemporal evolution of alkaline lakes is shown to be multi-stage and heterogeneous, influenced by hydrothermal and volcanic activities under restricted conditions and a dry climate.
MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Jon D. Richey, Isabel P. Montanez, Joseph D. White, William A. DiMichele, William J. Matthaeus, Christopher J. Poulsen, Sophia Macarewich, Cindy Looy
Summary: The study reveals thresholds for physiological viability and vegetation- climate feedbacks in Earth's tropical forests during Late Paleozoic Ice Age, leading to turnover of plant species. The shift to more drought-tolerant plants provided ecological advantages, but their impact on climate was limited by aridity and vegetation density. Atmospheric pCO2 has a larger effect on physiological functioning than pO2 in these extinct plant species.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Mariano Verde, Renata Guimaraes Netto, Diana Azurica, Ernesto L. Lavina, Mercedes Di Pasquo
Summary: The grazing trails found in the Tacuati Formation in northern Uruguay, previously thought to be the oldest evidence of bilaterians, have been re-evaluated. A diverse and abundant invertebrate trace fossil assemblage, including arthropods, has been discovered in the same beds, suggesting a Carboniferous-Permian age. This indicates that the strata are not from the Ediacaran period and actually belong to the Upper Paleozoic Gondwanan glacial deposits in Uruguay. The ichnofauna found in these deposits is similar to those found in Late Paleozoic Ice Age deposits in Brazil, Argentina, and South Africa.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Erik P. Kvale, Christopher M. Bowie, Chris Flenthrope, Christopher Mace, Jessica M. Parrish, Buddy Price, Sloan Anderson, William A. DiMichele
Review
Plant Sciences
Pedro Correia, Arden R. Bashforth, Zbynek Simunek, Christopher J. Cleal, Artur A. Sa, Conrad C. Labandeira
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
(2020)
Review
Plant Sciences
William A. DiMichele, Richard M. Bateman
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Joseph D. White, Isabel P. Montanez, Jonathan P. Wilson, Christopher J. Poulsen, Jennifer C. McElwain, William A. DiMichele, Michael T. Hren, Sophia Macarewich, Jon D. Richey, William J. Matthaeus
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Geography, Physical
Jon D. Richey, Isabel P. Montanez, Joseph D. White, William A. DiMichele, William J. Matthaeus, Christopher J. Poulsen, Sophia Macarewich, Cindy Looy
Summary: The study reveals thresholds for physiological viability and vegetation- climate feedbacks in Earth's tropical forests during Late Paleozoic Ice Age, leading to turnover of plant species. The shift to more drought-tolerant plants provided ecological advantages, but their impact on climate was limited by aridity and vegetation density. Atmospheric pCO2 has a larger effect on physiological functioning than pO2 in these extinct plant species.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Rebecca A. Koll, William A. DiMichele
Summary: This passage describes a Leonardian-age flora with a mixture of xeromorphic and meso-hygromorphic elements, suggesting that they grew in the same landscape but were likely differentiated by micro habitat.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Arden R. Bashforth, William A. DiMichele, Cortland F. Eble, Howard J. Falcon-Lang, Cindy Looy, Spencer G. Lucas
Summary: Our study evaluates the influences of elevation and climate on the distribution of wetland and dryland biomes during the Pennsylvanian and early Permian in tropical Pangea. Two models, the upland model and the climate model, are proposed to explain the distribution patterns of vegetation under different environmental conditions. The findings suggest that environmental changes and climatic oscillations played a significant role in shaping the floral patterns in tropical regions during the late Paleozoic era.
Article
Plant Sciences
Richard M. Bateman, William A. DiMichele
Summary: Paleobotanical taxonomy primarily focuses on fragmented organ-species, each bearing a Linnaean binomial, which may actually consist of multiple valid binomials. There are two opposing logical approaches to clarifying this complex situation: creating additional formal names for organ-species found in multiple modes of preservation, or gradually rationalizing parallel preservational taxonomies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
William J. Matthaeus, Sophia Macarewich, Jon D. Richey, Jonathan P. Wilson, Jennifer C. McElwain, Isabel P. Montanez, William A. DiMichele, Michael T. Hren, Christopher J. Poulsen, Joseph D. White
Summary: Researchers used climate modeling and ecosystem-process modeling to study the impact of ancient plant physiology on vegetation-climate feedbacks. The findings suggest that freeze intolerance of ancient plants could have restricted forest cover, leading to changes in surface runoff, CO2 levels, and other ecosystem and climate factors.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lorenzo Marchetti, Giuseppa Forte, Evelyn Kustatscher, William A. DiMichele, Spencer G. Lucas, Guido Roghi, Manuel A. Juncal, Christoph Hartkopf-Froder, Karl Krainer, Corrado Morelli, Ausonio Ronchi
Summary: This study comprehensively revised the late Cisuralian central Pangaea and found a significant increase in drought-tolerant forms during the Artinskian period, possibly due to a global climatic event caused by volcanic eruptions that led to the final melting of the Gondwanan ice sheets.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
William A. DiMichele, Hans Kerp, Spencer G. Lucas, Dan S. Chaney
Summary: A specimen of the lyginopterid pteridosperm Sphenopteridium germanicum was discovered in New Mexico, providing insights into its growth habit and sedimentary context. This finding expands our knowledge of late Paleozoic plant growth architecture and highlights morphological richness.
REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jon D. Richey, Isabel P. Montanez, Yves Godderis, Cindy Looy, Neil P. Griffis, William A. DiMichele
CLIMATE OF THE PAST
(2020)
Article
Geography, Physical
Huyue Song, Shixue Hu, Michael Benton, Dayong Jiang
Summary: This article examines the end Permian to Middle Triassic interval, which witnessed a significant marine mass extinction and delayed recovery. The focus is on Triassic marine sediments in South China, providing unique documentation of the collapse and recovery of marine ecosystems. Several papers analyze different fossils and their ecological significance, while others study biostratigraphy, reconstruct paleoenvironments, and link records to volcanic eruptions.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Mohammad Firoze Quamar, Upasana Swaroop Banerji, Biswajeet Thakur, Ratan Kar
Summary: The Indian Summer Monsoon is a crucial component of the Asian Monsoon System, impacting rainfall, agricultural productivity, and socio-economic growth in India and nearby regions. The central monsoon zone in India is more responsive to strong monsoon phases than weak ones.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Maria Laura Balestrieri, Valerio Olivetti, David Chew, Luca Zurli, Massimiliano Zattin, Foteini Drakou, Gianluca Cornamusini, Matteo Perotti
Summary: This study presents a multidisciplinary provenance study on legacy cores drilled in the central Ross Sea, Antarctica, providing insights into the oscillation of ice flows and advance and retreat phases of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
P. Depuydt, S. Toucanne, C. Barras, S. Le Houedec, M. Mojtahid
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics of the upper branch of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in the mid-latitudes of the Northeast Atlantic. It focuses on the European Slope Current (ESC) and its glacial equivalent known as the Glacial Eastern Boundary Current (GEBC). The study reveals significant changes in flow strength and ventilation during the glacial and deglaciation periods, as well as a gradual weakening of the slope current during the Holocene.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Junhee Park, Holly J. Stein, Judith L. Hannah, Svetoslav V. Georgiev, Oyvind Hammer, Snorre Olaussen
Summary: This study reports new Re-Os ages for black shales from Svalbard and evaluates the paleoenvironment during organic-rich shale deposition. The study also proposes correlations of specific Late Jurassic ammonite zones between the Boreal and Tethyan realms.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Guocheng Dong, Weijian Zhou, Feng Xian, Yunchong Fu, Li Zhang, Ling Tang, Pengkai Ding
Summary: The cause of ice-age cycles is still not fully understood, and studying the timing and magnitude of mountain glaciations can provide valuable insights. This study presents new dating results from the Niqingqu Valley in the Tibetan Plateau, showing multiple glacial activities prior to the Penultimate Glacial Maximum. The findings suggest that low atmospheric CO2 content and reduced summer solar insolation/high summer-monsoon precipitation played a role in these glacial fluctuations.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Haoran Dong, Zhitong Chen, Yucheng Wang, Jie Chen, Zhiping Zhang, Zhongwei Shen, Xinwei Yan, Jianbao Liu
Summary: Through sediment records from Lake Nanyi in the lower Yangtze, we found that anthropogenic fire activity played a dominant role in the region, and the temporal pattern of fire activity was asynchronous from east to west. Archaeological evidence suggests an inverse relationship between agricultural and population levels and fire intensity during the mid-Holocene, with fire intensity being influenced by the diversity of landscape types associated with pre-historic subsistence patterns. Overall, changes in regional water-level delayed the transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture in the lower Yangtze region.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Giovanni Coletti, Giulia Bosio, Alberto Collareta, Or Mordecai Bialik, Eleonora Regattieri, Irene Cornacchia, Gianni Insacco, John Buckeridge
Summary: This paper argues that sessile barnacles are an excellent proxy for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The shells of barnacles consist of diagenetically stable low-magnesium calcite and record short-term variations. Analyses of several Western Mediterranean barnacle-rich deposits demonstrate the utility of barnacles as proxies for water depth, distance from the coastline, and hydrodynamic conditions. Moreover, the stable isotope ratios of barnacle shells can provide detailed palaeoenvironmental information.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Feng Wu, Xinong Xie, Wen Yan, Youhua Zhu, Beichen Chen, Jianuo Chen, Mo Zhou
Summary: This paper describes the Quaternary evolution of Meiji Atoll in the southern South China Sea. The findings show how variations in sea surface temperature, eustatic sea level, and tectonics have influenced the development of the atoll. These findings have broader implications for understanding the Quaternary evolution of similar tropical carbonate atolls in the region.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Ana Mateos, Ericson Hoelzchen, Jesus Rodriguez
Summary: The Epivillafranchian and the transition to the Galerian was a period of environmental fluctuations and faunal turnover. Hominins and giant hyenas could coexist during the Epivillafranchian, but the transition to the Galerian led to a disruption of the scavenging niche, coinciding with the extinction of P. brevirostris.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Tianyu Du, Wensheng Zhang, Bing Li, Linjing Liu, Yuecong Li, Yawen Ge, Shiyong Yu
Summary: This article presents sedimentary evidence for a dramatic channel displacement of the lower Yellow River about 3000-2600 years ago, and explains the impact of this displacement on the geomorphology and human migration.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Johann Mueller, Michael M. Joachimski, Oliver Lehnert, Peep Mannik, Yadong Sun
Summary: The Late Ordovician mass extinction occurred during an ice age, with maximum ice coverage and a substantial drop in global sea level. This led to the exposure or shallowing of shallow tropical shelf environments. The study suggests that the burial rate of nutrient phosphorus (P) on shelves was minimal during this glacial period, leading to excess bioavailable P entering the open ocean and stimulating phytoplankton production, which in turn lowered oxygen concentrations.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Marina Addante, Patrizia Maiorano, Giovanna Scopelliti, Angela Girone, Maria Marino, Samanta Trotta, Antonio Caruso
Summary: This study presents the first high-resolution results on planktonic foraminiferal stable oxygen isotopes and calcareous plankton assemblages, providing insights into the glacial-interglacial variability and North Atlantic climate variability. The research also reveals evidence of the first significant southward migration of the Subarctic Front in the mid-latitudes.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Bing-Cai Liu, Rui-Wen Zong, Kai Wang, Jiao Bai, Yi Wang, Hong-He Xu
Summary: Phytogeography plays a vital role in the evolution of plants. This paper describes a new species of a spore-bearing plant from the upper Silurian period in West Junggar, China. By analyzing global Silurian macrofossil records, the study reveals the spatial-temporal distribution of Silurian plant macrofossils and identifies two phytogeographic realms during the Pridoli Epoch.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Geography, Physical
Francois Fournier, Thomas Teillet, Alexis Licht, Jean Borgomano, Lucien Montaggioni
Summary: This study investigates the temporal evolution of neritic carbonates in the proto-South China Sea to reconstruct East Asian monsoonal currents and winds during the middle to late Paleogene. The results highlight that many of the features of the summer East Asian Monsoon large-scale circulation are rooted in the middle Paleogene.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2024)