Fluctuations of Stable Carbon Isotopes Around the Permian-Triassic Boundary in Huaying of Sichuan, South China: Its Characteristics and Biogeochemical Origin
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2009
Abstract
Detailed researches on the stable carbon isotopes at the Loufangwan Section, Huaying, Sichuan Province show the stable carbon isotopes has the similarities with many other Permian-Triassic records around the world. A larger mean value of ΔB in an that in latest Permian indicates increasing concentration of phosphate and bloom of primary producers in the ocean. Large volcanic eruption and enhanced weathering that began in the end of Permian were possible triggers for a slow decrease in δ13Ccarb. Synchronously, quick decreases in δ13Ccarb and δ13Corg in the earliest Triassic, indicating a global carbon cycle change, might be due to the main episode of the mass extinction and upwelling of anoxic deep-water masses during sea level rise. Therefore, the carbon isotopes profile around the Permian-Triassic boundary may reflect combined results of volcanic activity, sea level change, mass extinction of marine and land biomass decrease and anoxic water upwelling.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Cui, Ying; Liu, Jianbo; and Ezaki, Yoichi, "Fluctuations of Stable Carbon Isotopes Around the Permian-Triassic Boundary in Huaying of Sichuan, South China: Its Characteristics and Biogeochemical Origin" (2009). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 302.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/302