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==Anatomy of the event== |
==Anatomy of the event== |
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The event lasted around 200,000 years, spanning the base of the Wenlock epoch.<ref name=Munnecke2003/><ref name=Jeppsson1997>{{cite book |
The event lasted around 200,000 years, spanning the base of the Wenlock epoch.<ref name=Munnecke2003/><ref name=Jeppsson1997>{{cite book|author=Jeppsson, L|year=1997|chapter=The anatomy of the Mid-Early Silurian Ireviken Event and a scenario for P-S events|editor=Brett, C.E., Baird, G.C.|title=Paleontological Events: Stratigraphic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Implications|publisher=Columbia University Press|location=New York|pages=451–492}}</ref> |
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| title = Paleontological Events: Stratigraphic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Implications |
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| publisher = Columbia University Press |
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| location = New York |
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| pages = 451–492 |
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It comprises eight extinction "datum points" |
It comprises eight extinction "datum points"—the first four being regularly spaced, every 30,797 years, and linked to the [[Milankovic]] obliquity cycle.<ref name=Jeppsson1997/> The fifth and sixth probably reflect maxima in the precessional cycles, with periods of around 16.5 and 19 ka.<ref name=Jeppsson1997/> The final two data are much further spaced, so harder to link with [[Milankovic cycle|Milankovic changes]].<ref name=Jeppsson1997/> |
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==Casualties== |
==Casualties== |
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The Ireviken event was a minor extinction event at the Llandovery/Wenlock boundary (mid Silurian, 432.9 ± 0.8 million years ago). The event is best recorded at Ireviken, Gotland, where over 50% of trilobite species go extinct; 80% of the global conodont species also become extinct in this interval.
Anatomy of the event
The event lasted around 200,000 years, spanning the base of the Wenlock epoch.[2][4]
It comprises eight extinction "datum points"—the first four being regularly spaced, every 30,797 years, and linked to the Milankovic obliquity cycle.[4] The fifth and sixth probably reflect maxima in the precessional cycles, with periods of around 16.5 and 19 ka.[4] The final two data are much further spaced, so harder to link with Milankovic changes.[4]
Casualties
The mechanism responsible for the event originated in the deep oceans, and made its way into the shallower shelf seas. Correspondingly, shallow-water reefs were barely affected, while pelagic and hemipelagic organisms such as the graptolites, conodonts and trilobites were hit hardest.[2]
Geochemistry
Subsequent to the first extinctions, excursions in the δ13C and δ18O records are observed; δ13C rises from +1.4‰ to +4.5‰, while δ18O increases from −5.6‰ to −5.0‰.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Jeppsson, L.; Calner, M. (2007). "The Silurian Mulde Event and a scenario for secundo—secundo events". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 93 (02): 135–154. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000377.
- ^ a b c d Munnecke, A.; Samtleben, C.; Bickert, T. (2003). "The Ireviken Event in the lower Silurian of Gotland, Sweden-relation to similar Palaeozoic and Proterozoic events". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 195 (1): 99–124. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00304-3.
- ^ "International Chronostratigraphic Chart" (PDF). International Commission on Stratigraphy. September 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Jeppsson, L (1997). "The anatomy of the Mid-Early Silurian Ireviken Event and a scenario for P-S events". In Brett, C.E., Baird, G.C. (ed.). Paleontological Events: Stratigraphic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Implications. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 451–492.
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