How to kill (almost) all life: The end-Permian extinction event

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 358-365

  Benton, Michael J ^a   Twitchett, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN; VOLCANISM;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0038506352     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00093-4     Document Type: Review

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