Mercato Limestone (IMAGE)

Duke University

Mercato Limestone

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Italian limestone collected from the Mercato San Severino section in southern Italy contains molecular traces of ancient oceanic chemistry. An analysis of these rocks helps explain how early Jurrasic volcanism lead to de-oxygenation of the ocean and mass extinctions.

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Mariano Remírez, George Mason University

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