Large shifts in the isotopic composition of seawater sulphate across the Permo-Triassic boundary in northern Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 331-345

  Newton, R J ^a   Pevitt, E L ^a   Wignall, P B ^a   Bottrell, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Iron cycle; Mass extinction; Methane release; Permian Triassic; Structurally substituted sulphur; Sulphate oxygen isotopes; Sulphur isotopes; Trace sulphates

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEAWATER; SULFATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1142268956     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00676-9     Document Type: Article

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