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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-2964</article-id>
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<article-title>Carbon Cycle Perturbance During the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Larne Basin, Northern Ireland)</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shahid</surname>
<given-names>Marwa Mohamed</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3457-1898</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Al Suwaidi</surname>
<given-names>Aisha</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4677-6651</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ossa</surname>
<given-names>Frantz Ossa</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ruhl</surname>
<given-names>Micha</given-names>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Perera</surname>
<given-names>Amanda</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6645-7033</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Raine</surname>
<given-names>Robert</given-names>
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<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Yongdong</given-names>
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<sup>6</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Qing</given-names>
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<sup>7</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Earth Sciences Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Polar Research Center, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, 2092 Johannesburg, South Africa</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geology and Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland</addr-line>
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<label>5</label>
<addr-line>British Geological Survey, Belfast, Northern Ireland</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China</addr-line>
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<label>7</label>
<addr-line>The 11ᵗʰ Geological Brigade of Sichuan, Chengdu, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>21</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>31</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Marwa Mohamed Shahid et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>The Late Triassic Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE, ~232 Ma) marks a major global climatic transition characterized by intensification of humid conditions following a prolonged period of aridity through much of the Triassic. This episode triggered profound environmental and biotic change that ushered in modern environments and ecosystems. Here, we present a new high-resolution integrated geochemical and sedimentological record from the Knocksoghey Formation, Mercia Mudstone Group, in the Larne Basin, Northern Ireland. The high-resolution organic carbon isotopes document a ~4 &amp;permil; negative excursion, whose onset coincides with a small, reproducible rise in Hg concentrations from background levels, thought to be associated with the emplacement of the Wrangellia Large Igneous Province (LIP). The geochemical anomalies stratigraphically closely precede a pulse of coarse siliciclastics, indicative of intensified weathering driven by enhanced rainfall, and are followed by a return to arid, restricted conditions, marked by deposition of stacked anhydrite nodules and beds. The CPE was previously suggested to be characterized by a succession of negative carbon isotope excursions (NCIEs) in sedimentary archives. However, our new data demonstrates a more protracted stepped carbon cycle perturbance, as reflected by a single, stratigraphically prolonged carbon isotope excursion, comparable in nature to NCIEs observed during other LIP-driven climatic perturbations, such as the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event.</p>
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<funding-source>Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research</funding-source>
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