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This repository contains data and code associated with the following paper: Park, Y., Swanson-Hysell, N.L., Macdonald, F.A., Lisiecki, L.E., 2021, Evaluating the relationship between the area and latitude of large igneous provinces and Earth’s long-term climate state Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes. AGU Geophysical Monograph 255. Preprint available on EarthArXiv: 10.31223/osf.io/p9ndf. Published version available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119507444.ch7
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Cryptic degassing and protracted greenhouse climates after flood basalt events
Abstract Large igneous provinces erupt highly reactive, predominantly basaltic lavas onto Earth’s surface, which should boost the weathering flux leading to long-term CO2drawdown and cooling following cessation of volcanism. However, throughout Earth’s geological history, the aftermaths of multiple Phanerozoic large igneous provinces are marked by unexpectedly protracted climatic warming and delayed biotic recovery lasting millions of years beyond the most voluminous phases of extrusive volcanism. Here we conduct geodynamic modelling of mantle melting and thermomechanical modelling of magma transport to show that rheologic feedbacks in the crust can throttle eruption rates despite continued melt generation and CO2supply. Our results demonstrate how the mantle-derived flux of CO2to the atmosphere during large igneous provinces can decouple from rates of surface volcanism, representing an important flux driving long-term climate. Climate–biogeochemical modelling spanning intervals with temporally calibrated palaeoclimate data further shows how accounting for this non-eruptive cryptic CO2can help reconcile the life cycle of large igneous provinces with climate disruption and recovery during the Permian–Triassic, Mid-Miocene and other critical moments in Earth’s climate history. These findings underscore the key role that outgassing from intrusive magmas plays in modulating our planet’s surface environment.
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- PAR ID:
- 10552958
- Publisher / Repository:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Nature Geoscience
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 1752-0894
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 1162-1168
- Size(s):
- p. 1162-1168
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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