Contrasting deep-water records from the Upper Permian and Lower Triassic of South Tibet and British Columbia: Evidence for a diachronous mass extinction

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-167

  Wignall, Paul B ^a   Newton, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEEP WATER; DIACHRONISM; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

CANADA; CHINA;

BRACHIOPODA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0037541420     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)18<153:CDRFTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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