Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event

E196700

The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event was a major Early Jurassic global environmental crisis marked by widespread marine oxygen depletion, significant carbon-cycle disruption, and associated mass extinctions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Early Jurassic event ⓘ
mass extinction event ⓘ
oceanic anoxic event ⓘ
paleoenvironmental event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ⓘ
T-OAE ⓘ
approximateAgeMa 183 ⓘ
associatedWith changes in hydrological cycle ⓘ
increased weathering rates ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ
causeHypothesis Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province volcanism ⓘ
increased nutrient input and eutrophication ⓘ
massive volcanic CO2 emissions ⓘ
methane release from gas hydrates ⓘ
characterizedBy carbon-cycle perturbation ⓘ
enhanced organic carbon burial ⓘ
global warming ⓘ
marine biodiversity loss ⓘ
negative carbon isotope excursion ⓘ
widespread marine anoxia ⓘ
durationEstimate hundreds of thousands of years ⓘ
followedBy Middle Toarcian recovery phase ⓘ
geologicalAge Toarcian ⓘ
hasEvidenceIn carbon isotope records ⓘ
organic-rich black shales ⓘ
paleontological extinction patterns ⓘ
trace metal enrichments ⓘ
hasGlobalExtent Panthalassa Ocean margins ⓘ
Tethys Ocean ⓘ
proto-Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
impactOn long-term Jurassic climate evolution ⓘ
marine carbon sequestration ⓘ
partOf Early Jurassic ⓘ
precededBy Pliensbachian–Toarcian boundary ⓘ
linked to: Pliensbachian
resultedIn changes in marine primary productivity ⓘ
enhanced black shale deposition ⓘ
extinction of many ammonite taxa ⓘ
extinction of many benthic invertebrates ⓘ
marine mass extinction ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ
turnover in marine vertebrate faunas ⓘ
significance key analog for rapid greenhouse warming events ⓘ
major perturbation of the global carbon cycle ⓘ
studiedUsing climate modeling ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stable isotope geochemistry ⓘ
timeIntervalEndMa ~182.5 ⓘ
timeIntervalStartMa ~183.5 ⓘ

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Early Jurassic → includesEvent → Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ⓘ
Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event → alsoKnownAs → Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ⓘ
linked to: Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
Toarcian → associatedWith → Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ⓘ
T-OAE → fullName → Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ⓘ
T-OAE → abbreviationOf → Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ⓘ