缺氧事件

缺氧事件大洋缺氧事件指的是海洋中氧气缺乏的一段时期,期间海水中的硫化氢H
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)含量大幅增加[1]。它在地质史上曾多次发生,同时伴随而来的是生物集群灭绝[2]。因此生物地层学上将缺氧时间当成时间划分的一个重要指标[3]。它的成因可能是气候变暖、温室气体增加及洋流速度变缓等,而释放出大量二氧化碳的火山作用是其主要外部成因[4]

红圈表示大规模灭绝地,黑点则是规模未知的灭绝地

绝大部分的缺氧事件都发生在侏罗纪白垩纪等气温上升、二氧化碳含量增加的时期,缺氧事件中平均海水表面温度超过25 °C(77 °F),而现代则不过13 °C(55 °F)。气温上升的原因可能是原本封存于地壳中的天然气大规模释放[5][6][7][8]

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