Abstract
In the Precambrian, reverse weathering—a process consuming oceanic silica, metal cations and alkalinity to form marine clays—was a key control of the long-term carbon cycle. However, the appearance of marine silicifiers decreased the importance of this process in regulating climate in the Phanerozoic eon. Here, we present seawater lithium and strontium isotope records derived from bulk carbonates and fossil brachiopods spanning the Permian to Early Triassic, an interval of pronounced climatic fluctuations and widespread extinctions. We show that the lithium isotope composition of seawater remained constant for most of the Permian until a sharp decrease in the late Permian (~254 Myr ago) with low seawater Li isotope values (~10‰) persisting throughout the Early Triassic. Based on box modelling, changes in chemical weathering and hydrothermal fluxes are unable to explain the abrupt decline in seawater Li isotopes. Rather, increased lithium output fluxes through enhanced reverse weathering are required to produce the low Li isotope values of the late Permian and Early Triassic (253–247 Myr ago). Increased reverse weathering rates could explain the failure of chemical weathering to draw down atmospheric CO2 levels during the Early Triassic, leading to protracted biotic recovery from the Permian–Triassic mass extinction.
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We thank W. Li for help with Li chromatography and L. Godfrey for assisting with part of Li isotope analysis at the Rutgers University. We thank R. Mills, Q. Zhong Y. An for their help with Sr isotope analysis. We also appreciate M. Liu and Z. Zhu for helping with modelling learning, and S. Shen for helpful discussion. C.C. acknowledges funding from NSFC (grant 41991321) and the Martin Graduate Research Fund from the Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. X.-M.L. acknowledges funding support from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. H.S. acknowledges funding provided by the NSFC (grant 41821001). Z.Z. acknowledges funding provided by the NSFC (grant 41873002).
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Extended Data Fig. 1 Stratigraphic record of the five studied sections with associated age model and geochemical records (δ7Li, δ13C).
The stratigraphy and biozones in the sections Ninemile, Rockland Ridge, Tieqiao are from34,35,81. Stratigraphy, U-Pb ages and carbon isotope record in the Shangsi section are from36. Stratigraphy of the Shanggang section are unpublished data from29. Error bars represent long term precision (2 SD) of 1.1‰ for δ7Li measurements at UNC-Chapel Hill and calculated 2 SD for repeatedly measured δ7Li values (Supplementary Data Table 1). Skull and crossbone silhouette extracted from www.flaticon.com.
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Semi-quantitative mineralogy of samples analysed in this study based on XRD.
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Cao, C., Bataille, C.P., Song, H. et al. Persistent late Permian to Early Triassic warmth linked to enhanced reverse weathering. Nat. Geosci. 15, 832–838 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01009-x
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