Limited change in silicate chemical weathering intensity during the Permian–Triassic transition indicates ineffective climate regulation by weathering feedbacks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters(2023)

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Vast emissions of volcanogenic greenhouse gases resulted in rapid global warming during the latest Permian mass extinction (LPME, ∼252 Ma), the impact of which on continental chemical weathering conditions was complex. Here, we compile Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) records from 25 terrestrial and 12 marine sections with a near-global paleogeographic distribution to reconstruct the evolution of chemical weathering intensity of silicates during the LPME. This compilation shows that the CIA profiles, except those from the Australian Sydney and Bowen basins of the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere, exhibit either indiscernible changes or decreases through the LPME interval, contrary to previous inferences of increased silicate chemical weathering intensity. The lack of major changes in silicate chemical weathering intensity is further supported by the near uniformity of clay mineral assemblages through the LPME interval, with only minor increases of illite and chlorite and, if present, decreases in kaolinite content in some terrestrial sections. We infer a shift from dominantly transport-limited to kinetic-limited weathering regimes, likely caused by environmental climate factors such as widespread devegetation, river-flow changes (i.e., toward flashier and more intense discharge), and aridification during the earliest Triassic that effectively reduced water availability on land for water/rock reactions. Combined with limited changes in chemical weathering fluxes from previous estimates, our data imply possibly ineffective climate regulation by silicate chemical weathering at a (near-)global scale, despite high erosion rates, amid the intense global warming that followed the LPME.
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mass extinction, aridification, global warming, chemical index of alteration, soil erosion, atmosphericCO2
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