δ13Corg chemostratigraphy of the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Maitai Group, New Zealand: Evidence for high-latitudinal methane release

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-32

  Krull, E S ^a   Retallack, G J ^b   Campbell, H J ^c   Lyon, G L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Maitai Group; Methane; Permian Triassic boundary; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLATHRATE; MASS EXTINCTION; METHANE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033834517     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514868     Document Type: Article

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