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Rampino et al. 2017

Rampino, M.R., S. Rodriguez, E. Baranski, and Y. Cai, 2017: Global nickel anomaly links Siberian Traps eruptions and the latest Permian mass extinction. Sci. Rep., 7, 12416, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12759-9.

Anomalous peaks of nickel abundance have been reported in Permian-Triassic boundary sections in China, Israel, Eastern Europe, Spitzbergen, and the Austrian Carnic Alps. New solution ICP-MS results of enhanced nickel from P-T boundary sections in Hungary, Japan, and Spiti, India suggest that the nickel anomalies at the end of the Permian were a worldwide phenomenon in marine and non-marine sediments. We propose that the source of the nickel anomalies at the P-T boundary were Ni-rich volatiles released by the Siberian volcanism, and by coeval Ni-rich magma intrusions. The peaks in nickel abundance correlate with negative 13C and 18O anomalies, suggesting that explosive reactions between magma and coal during the Siberian flood-basalt eruptions released large amounts of CO2 and CH4 into the atmosphere, causing severe global warming and subsequent mass extinction. The nickel anomalies may provide a timeline in P-T boundary sections, and the timing of the peaks supports the Siberian Traps as a contributor to the latest Permian mass extinction.

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@article{ra01900n,
  author={Rampino, M. R. and Rodriguez, S. and Baranski, E. and Cai, Y.},
  title={Global nickel anomaly links Siberian Traps eruptions and the latest Permian mass extinction},
  year={2017},
  journal={Scientific Reports},
  volume={7},
  pages={12416},
  doi={10.1038/s41598-017-12759-9},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ra01900n
AU  - Rampino, M. R.
AU  - Rodriguez, S.
AU  - Baranski, E.
AU  - Cai, Y.
PY  - 2017
TI  - Global nickel anomaly links Siberian Traps eruptions and the latest Permian mass extinction
JA  - Sci. Rep.
JO  - Scientific Reports
VL  - 7
SP  - 12416
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-017-12759-9
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