A global carbon isotope excursion (SPICE) during the Late Cambrian: Relation to trilobite extinctions, organic-matter burial and sea level

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 211-223

  Saltzman, Matthew R ^a   Ripperdan, Robert L ^b   Brasier, M D ^c   Lohmann, Kyger C ^d   Robison, Richard A ^e   Chang, W T ^f   Peng, Shanchi ^f   Ergaliev, E K ^g   Runnegar, Bruce ^h  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^g Institute of Geological Sciences Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomere; Carbon isotopes; Mass extinction; Upper Cambrian

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AGNOSTIDAE; LAURENTIA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0033736805     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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