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ArticleNature communications2025

Enhanced erosion by continental arc volcanism as a driver of the Cambrian Explosion.

Yaowen Wu, Hui Tian, Haifeng Fan, Philip A E Pogge von Strandmann, Wei Zhao, Jie Li, He Sun, Haiou Gu, Chaojin Lu, Xianyi Liu and 3 more

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13 authors.

Yaowen WuState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7278-7151
Hui TianState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China. tianhui@gig.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-5655
Haifeng FanState Key Laboratory of Critical Mineral Research and Exploration, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China. fanhaifeng@mail.gyig.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0080-2700
Philip A E Pogge von StrandmannMIGHTY (Mainz Isotope and Geochemistry), Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-4165
Wei ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Jie LiState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
He SunSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8370-0437
Haiou GuSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-2621
Chaojin LuDepartment of Marine Geosciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7444-2774
Xianyi LiuDepartment of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tengfei LiState Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Processes and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Sui JiState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Ping'an PengState Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8031-8451

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2023YFF0803702Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2023YFF0803704National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 41925014National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42203057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutrient availability and rising oxygen levels are important for the Cambrian Explosion (~540-515 Ma), both of which can be satisfied via enhanced weathering driven by climate and tectonics. Although increased subduction and continental arc volcanism coincided with the Cambrian Explosion, their weathering-nutrient feedback role remained unclear. Here we integrate Li-Os isotopes with previously published Sr isotope to investigate connections between subduction-driven weathering dynamics and animal diversification. Our results reveal a shift from enhanced erosion of arc-related juvenile rocks (ca. 540-525 Ma) to clay-forming weathering of old crust (525-515 Ma). We propose that subduction-driven warming and uplift may have accelerated erosion of phosphorus-rich juvenile rocks, releasing nutrients that boosted marine productivity and subsequent oxygen buildup through organic burial. This process ultimately fueled early animal diversification, providing additional evidence for tectonic control of biogeochemical cycles during the Cambrian Explosion.

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