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Project

Investigating the effect of redox-sensitive metal cycling during Late Ordovician biogeochemical events,based on palynomorph and geochemical data.
Code
01CD1423
Duration
01 March 2023 → 31 October 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • 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.