Unusual intraclastic limestones in Lower Triassic carbonates and their bearing on the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-316

  Wignall, Paul B ^a   Twitchett, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Early Triassic; Flat pebble conglomerate

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CONGLOMERATE; LIMESTONE; MASS EXTINCTION; PEBBLE; TRIASSIC;

EID: 0033036889     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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