Fungal abundance spike and the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Karoo Supergroup (South Africa)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-414

  Steiner, Maureen B ^a   Eshet, Yoram ^b,c   Rampino, Michael R ^d,e   Schwindt, Dylan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fungal spike; Permian Triassic boundary; South Africa; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FUNGUS; MASS EXTINCTION; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; VERTEBRATE;

KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037936605     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00230-X     Document Type: Article

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