The project PRIN 2017, seeing Manuel RIgo from the University of Padova as principal investigator, and myself as unit coordinator, investigated “A new global volcanic-driven carbon cycle perturbation at the Norian/Rhaetian Boundary, Late Triassic”.

The project seek to uncover elusive clues about Earth system response to major global climate events by building new records of environmental change during the Late Triassic. Rock magnetic properties reflect fluctuations in the magnetite and hematite input, thus the local environmental response to the transient CO2 rise and accelerated hydrological cycle. 

Products of this research:

• Rigo M., Maron M., Zaffani M., Concheri G., Satolli S., Onoue T., Sato H., Tomimatsu Y., Wu W., Du Y., Jin W., Godfrey L., Katz M.E., Tackett L.S., Thibodeau A., Lei J., Golding M., Husson J., Bertinelli A., Campbell H. (2024), Unveiling a new Oceanic Anoxic Event at the Norian/Rhaetian Boundary (Late Triassic), Scientific reports, 14(1), 15574, doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66343-z

• Maron M., Onoue T., Satolli S., Soda K., Sato H., Muttoni G., Rigo M. (2024), Weathering trends in the Norian through geochemical and rock magnetic analyses from the Pignola-Abriola Section (Lagonegro Basin, Italy), Climate of the Past, 20 (3), 637-658, 10.5194/cp-20-637-2024