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ArticleNature communications2026

Astronomical calibration of the middle Cambrian in Baltica: global carbon cycle synchronization and climate dynamics.

Valentin Jamart, Damien Pas, Linda A Hinnov, Jorge E Spangenberg, Thierry Adatte, Arne T Nielsen, Niels H Schovsbo, Nicolas Thibault, Michiel Arts, Allison C Daley

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Valentin JamartInstitute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. Valentin.Jamart@unil.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-0709
Damien PasInstitute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. Damien.Pas@unil.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2235-1974
Linda A HinnovAtmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences Department, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Jorge E SpangenbergInstitute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST), University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8636-6414
Thierry AdatteInstitute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-2212
Arne T NielsenDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK 1350, Kbh K, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8194-8546
Niels H SchovsboGeological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4723-0586
Nicolas ThibaultDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK 1350, Kbh K, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4147-5531
Michiel ArtsSediCClim, Geology Department, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Allison C DaleyInstitute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5369-5879

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 193520
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Abstract

The Alum Shale Formation of Baltica preserves one of the most continuous and fossil-rich records for the Cambrian Period. Thus, the Alum Shale is a key sedimentary archive for refining global chronostratigraphy, reconstructing carbon cycle perturbations, and assessing astronomical forcing of high-latitude systems during an early Palaeozoic greenhouse world. Here we present a high-resolution cyclostratigraphic and multiproxy study of the middle Cambrian succession from the Albjära-1 drill core (southern Sweden), anchored by a high-precision U-Pb age. Integration of our astronomical time scale with carbon isotope data and refined biostratigraphy places the Albjära-1 core as a global reference record. This framework provides numerically constrained ages and durations for the Drumian Carbon Isotope Excursion (DICE), enabling worldwide synchronization of biostratigraphy and carbon cycle events. Coupled elemental geochemistry and time calibration reveal that obliquity- and orbital eccentricity-driven climate oscillations modulated sea-level and dust fluxes, highlighting the sensitivity of Earth's early Paleozoic greenhouse systems to astronomical forcing.

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