Volcanic mercury and mutagenesis in land plants during the end-Triassic mass extinction

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4018
• Publication Date: 2019-10-23T23:14:10Z
• Authors: Sofie Lindström; Hamed Sanei; Bas van de Schoot...; Gunver K. Pedersen; Charles E. Lesher; Christian Tegner; Carmen Heunisch; Karen Dybkjær; Peter M. Outridge
• Keywords: Mercury; Extinction (optical mineralogy)

Genetically deformed plant spores indicate that mercury toxicity played a part in the mass extinction 201 million years ago.