Synchrony and causal relations between Permian-Triassic boundary crises and siberian flood volcanism

Science

Volumn 269, Issue 5229, 1995, Pages 1413-1416

  Renne, Paul R ^a   Zichao, Zhang ^b   Richards, Mark A ^c   Black, Michael T ^a,e   Basu, Asish R ^d  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONTINENT FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN/TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0029531231     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.269.5229.1413     Document Type: Article

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49. Supported by NSF grants EAR-9496346 (P.R.R.), EAR-9117538 (M.A.R.), and EAR-9317214 (A.R.B.), the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation (P.R.R. and M.T.B.), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Z.Z.). We thank T. A. Becker and W. D. Sharp for laboratory assistance and discussions and A. L. Deino, G. H. Curtis, and an anonymous reviewer for constructive reviews of the manuscript.