Permian-Triassic boundary interval in the Abadeh section of Iran with implications for mass extinction: Part 1 - Sedimentology

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 405-423

  Heydari, E ^a   Hassanzadeh, J ^b   Wade, W J ^c   Ghazi, A M ^d  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c LSS International   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iran; Mass Extinction; Oxygenation; Permian Triassic; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; OXYGENATION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

IRAN;

EID: 0037404070     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00258-X     Document Type: Article

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