The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent
The Devonian Period was a crucial interval in the evolution of plants. During its 60 myr duration, it witnessed the successive evolution of roots, wood, trees and forests. In addition, many of the biogeomorphic phenomena that operate in modern terrestrial environments came online for the first time....
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/93203 2023-05-15T18:29:43+02:00 The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent Davies, Neil S. Berry, Christopher M. Marshall, John E.A. Wellman, Charles H. Lindemann, Franz-Josef 2022-02-15T17:09:41Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/93203 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-95764 https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-225 EN eng http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-95764 Davies, Neil S. Berry, Christopher M. Marshall, John E.A. Wellman, Charles H. Lindemann, Franz-Josef . The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent. Journal of the Geological Society. 2021, 178(5) http://hdl.handle.net/10852/93203 2001978 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Journal of the Geological Society&rft.volume=178&rft.spage=&rft.date=2021 Journal of the Geological Society 178 5 jgs2020 225 0 https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-225 URN:NBN:no-95764 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/93203/1/JGS%2BAccepted.pdf 0016-7649 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed AcceptedVersion 2022 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-225 2022-04-06T22:33:50Z The Devonian Period was a crucial interval in the evolution of plants. During its 60 myr duration, it witnessed the successive evolution of roots, wood, trees and forests. In addition, many of the biogeomorphic phenomena that operate in modern terrestrial environments came online for the first time. The ‘Old Red Sandstone’ of Svalbard consists of a near-continuous Silurian to Late Devonian record of sedimentary environments colonized by land plants and provides a perfect natural laboratory to aid our understanding of the facies signatures and evolution of these phenomena. We describe and illustrate a catalogue of ‘Old Red Sandstone’ features that provide evidence for the stepwise appearance of novel plant–sediment interactions, including preserved plant material and rooting structures, early large woody debris accumulations, cannel coal deposits and the oldest known vegetation-induced sedimentary structures, in addition to vegetation-influenced motifs of elevated mudrock content and complex alluvial sand bodies. These characteristics are combined to reconstruct changes to non-marine environments in this Devonian ‘landscape factory’. In addition to tectonic and climate influences, plant evolution first served as a control on the construction of the sedimentary record during this period and has persisted as a fundamental influence on Earth surface processes and landforms ever since. Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Svalbard Journal of the Geological Society 178 5 jgs2020-225 |
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The Devonian Period was a crucial interval in the evolution of plants. During its 60 myr duration, it witnessed the successive evolution of roots, wood, trees and forests. In addition, many of the biogeomorphic phenomena that operate in modern terrestrial environments came online for the first time. The ‘Old Red Sandstone’ of Svalbard consists of a near-continuous Silurian to Late Devonian record of sedimentary environments colonized by land plants and provides a perfect natural laboratory to aid our understanding of the facies signatures and evolution of these phenomena. We describe and illustrate a catalogue of ‘Old Red Sandstone’ features that provide evidence for the stepwise appearance of novel plant–sediment interactions, including preserved plant material and rooting structures, early large woody debris accumulations, cannel coal deposits and the oldest known vegetation-induced sedimentary structures, in addition to vegetation-influenced motifs of elevated mudrock content and complex alluvial sand bodies. These characteristics are combined to reconstruct changes to non-marine environments in this Devonian ‘landscape factory’. In addition to tectonic and climate influences, plant evolution first served as a control on the construction of the sedimentary record during this period and has persisted as a fundamental influence on Earth surface processes and landforms ever since. |
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The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent |
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The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent |
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The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-95764 Davies, Neil S. Berry, Christopher M. Marshall, John E.A. Wellman, Charles H. Lindemann, Franz-Josef . The devonian landscape factory: Plant–sediment interactions in the old red sandstone of svalbard and the rise of vegetation as a biogeomorphic agent. Journal of the Geological Society. 2021, 178(5) http://hdl.handle.net/10852/93203 2001978 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Journal of the Geological Society&rft.volume=178&rft.spage=&rft.date=2021 Journal of the Geological Society 178 5 jgs2020 225 0 https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-225 URN:NBN:no-95764 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/93203/1/JGS%2BAccepted.pdf |
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