Landscape ecological shift at the Permian-Triassic boundary in Antarctica

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 785-812

  Retallack, G J ^a   Krull, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Mass extinction; Palaeosols; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033375083     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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