On the timing of palaeoenvironmental changes at the Permo-Triassic (P/TR) boundary using conodont biostratigraphy

Historical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-62

  Wignall, P B ^a   Kozur, H ^b   Hallam, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Birmingham ^*  (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxic event; Conodont zonation; Mass extinction; Permo Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; CONODONT; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN/TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

EID: 0030436680     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969609386553     Document Type: Article

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