Sudden productivity collapse associated with the Triassic-Jurassic boundary mass extinction

Science

Volumn 292, Issue 5519, 2001, Pages 1148-1151

  Ward, P D ^a   Haggart, J W ^b   Carter, E S ^c   Wilbur, D ^a   Tipper, H W ^b   Evans, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MARINE PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY COLLAPSE;

EARTH (PLANET);

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; TRIASSIC;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DEATH; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANKTON;

CANADA;

EID: 0035843876     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1058574     Document Type: Article

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