A comparison of the biological, geological events and environmental backgrounds between the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian and Permian-Triassic transitions
Shen ShuZhong (沈树忠); Zhu MaoYan (朱茂炎); Wang XiangDong (王向东); Li GuoXiang (李国祥); Cao ChangQun (曹长群); Zhang Hua (张华)
2010-12-01
发表期刊SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN1674-7313
卷号53期号:12页码:1873-1884
摘要

The Neoproterozoic-Cambrian (N-C) and Permian-Triassic (P-T) transitions have been regarded the two most critical transitions in earth history because of the explosive biological radiation in the early Cambrian (the Cambrian Explosion) and the largest mass extinction at the end-Permian. Previous studies suggest that these two critical transitions showed certain comparability in major evolutionary events. In other words, a series of biological, geological, and geochemical events that had happened in the N-C transition occurred repeatedly during the P-T transition. Those events included continental re-configuration related to the deep mantle dynamics, global-scale glaciations, large C-, Sr-, and S-isotope perturbations indicating atmospheric and oceanic changes, abnormal precipitation of carbonates, and associated multiple biological radiations and mass extinctions. The coupling of those events in both N-C and P-T transitions suggests that deep mantle dynamics could be a primary mechanism driving dramatic changes of environment on the earth's surface, which in turn caused major biological re-organizations. A detailed comparison of those events during the two critical transitions indicates that despite their general comparability, significant differences do exist in magnitude, duration, and frequency. The supercontinent Rodinia began to rift before the Snowball Earth time. By contrast, the supercontinent Pangea entered the dispersal stage after the greatest glaciation from the Late Carboniferous to Cisuralian. Quantitative data and qualitative analyses of different fossil groups show a more profound mass extinction during the N-C transition than at the end-Permian in terms of ecosystem disruption. This is indicated by the disappearance of the whole Ediacaran biota at the N-C boundary. The subsequent appearances of many new complex animals at phylum level in the early Cambrian mark the establishment of a brand new ecosystem. However, the end-Permian mass extinction is manifested mainly by the extinction of many different taxa at class and order levels. Although it caused the extinction of 95% of marine species and 75% of terrestrial species as well as complete cessation of coal and reef deposits after the mass extinction, this high-level biological re-organization still occurred within an established ecosystem, however drastic it may seem. Survived or Lazarus taxa re-occupied the existing ecospace in a relatively short duration after the end-Permian mass extinction. C-isotope excursions display large perturbations during both transitions, yet also in different magnitudes and frequencies, which suggest different atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The recurrent geological and geochemical events as well as the coupled major biological turnovers during the two transitions provide new clues to understanding the interplays among the earth-life system. Thus, it is essential to carry out multidisciplinary studies from the deep internal system to the surface of the Earth as a whole in order to unravel the interactions of different spheres of the earth.

关键词Neoproterozoic-cambrian Permian-triassic Transition Biological Events Geological Events Environmental Background
DOI10.1007/s11430-010-4092-y
语种英语
关键词[WOS]Double Mass Extinction ; South China ; Carbon-isotope ; Snowball Earth ; Yangtze Platform ; Doushantuo Formation ; Diversity Patterns ; Sedimentary-rocks ; Rapid Eruption ; Oceanic Anoxia
资助项目National Basic Research Program of China[2006CB860400] ; National Basic Research Program of China[2011CB808905] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[KZCX2-YW-Q08-4] ; NSFC ; CAS/SAFEA
WOS研究方向Geology
WOS类目Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号WOS:000284845600013
项目资助者National Basic Research Program of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; NSFC ; CAS/SAFEA
出版者SCIENCE PRESS
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/418
专题中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
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通讯作者Shen ShuZhong (沈树忠)
作者单位Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
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Shen ShuZhong ,Zhu MaoYan ,Wang XiangDong ,et al. A comparison of the biological, geological events and environmental backgrounds between the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian and Permian-Triassic transitions[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2010,53(12):1873-1884.
APA Shen ShuZhong ,Zhu MaoYan ,Wang XiangDong ,Li GuoXiang ,Cao ChangQun ,&Zhang Hua .(2010).A comparison of the biological, geological events and environmental backgrounds between the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian and Permian-Triassic transitions.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,53(12),1873-1884.
MLA Shen ShuZhong ,et al."A comparison of the biological, geological events and environmental backgrounds between the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian and Permian-Triassic transitions".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 53.12(2010):1873-1884.
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