{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chen C"],"funding":["Natural Environment Research Council"],"pagination":["6893"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9653473"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emissions induced by Large Igneous Provinces have the potential to contribute to global environmental changes that triggered mass extinctions in Earth's history. Here, we explore the source of methane in gas samples from central Sichuan Basin, which is within the Emeishan Large Igneous Province (ELIP). We report evidence of high methane formation temperatures (between 249<sup>-17/+19</sup> and 256<sup>-20/+22</sup> °C) from clumped methane measurements and mantle-derived signatures of noble gases, which verify that oil-cracked CH<sub>4</sub> and pyrobitumen are by-products within the reservoirs, associated with hydrothermal activity and enhanced heating by the ELIP. We estimate the volume of oil-cracked CH<sub>4</sub> induced by the ELIP and argue that CH<sub>4</su"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["High temperature methane emissions from Large Igneous Provinces as contributors to late Permian mass extinctions."],"pmcid":["PMC9653473"],"funding_grant_id":["NE/T004452/1"],"pubmed_authors":["Wynn P","Zhong W","Chen C","Wang Y","Qin S","Holland G","Zhou Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"High temperature methane emissions from Large Igneous Provinces as contributors to late Permian mass extinctions.","description":"Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) emissions induced by Large Igneous Provinces have the potential to contribute to global environmental changes that triggered mass extinctions in Earth's history. Here, we explore the source of methane in gas samples from central Sichuan Basin, which is within the Emeishan Large Igneous Province (ELIP). We report evidence of high methane formation temperatures (between 249<sup>-17/+19</sup> and 256<sup>-20/+22</sup> °C) from clumped methane measurements and mantle-derived signatures of noble gases, which verify that oil-cracked CH<sub>4</sub> and pyrobitumen are by-products within the reservoirs, associated with hydrothermal activity and enhanced heating by the ELIP. We estimate the volume of oil-cracked CH<sub>4</sub> induced by the ELIP and argue that CH<sub>4</su","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2026-05-13T16:04:54.533Z","creation":"2025-04-19T13:24:10.996Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9653473","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36371500"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-022-34645-3"]}}