Code
01CD1423
Duration
01 March 2023 → 31 October 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Biogeochemistry
- Stratigraphy
- Geology not elsewhere classified
- Molecular evolution
Keywords
Ordovician
palynology
redox
Ocean Anoxic Events
(mass)extinction
ocean chemistry
Project description
The objective of this project is to test the hypothesis that global Oceanic Anoxic Events were the cause
of extinction during the Ordovician. The onset of latter events coincide with δ13Ccarb pertubations,
enrichments in redox sensitive metals and peak abundances of malformed microfossils. I’m testing
whether this emerging pattern is reproducible for the world’s best characterized and preserved key
sections.