Anoxia pre-dates Frasnian-Famennian boundary mass extinction horizon in the Great Basin, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-292

  Bratton, John F ^a   Berry, William B N ^a   Morrow, Jared R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic environment; Devonian; Famennian; Mass extinctions; Trace metals; Utah; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION;

UNITED STATES;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0032747553     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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