Permian reefs re-examined: Extrinsic control mechanisms of gradual and abrupt changes during 40 my of reef evolution

Geobios

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPLEMENT, 2002, Pages 287-294

  Weidlich, Oliver ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crisis; Distributional patterns; Permian reefs; Radiations

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CARBONIFEROUS; METAZOA;

EID: 0036979135     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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