Basaltic volcanism and mass extinction at the Permo-Triassic boundary: Environmental impact and modeling of the global carbon cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 207-221

  Grard, A ^a   Francois L M ^a,c   Dessert, C ^b,d   Dupre B ^b   Godderis Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basaltic traps; Carbon cycle; Extinction; Modeling; Permo Triassic boundary

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; PERMO-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SILICATE WEATHERING; WEATHERABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SILICATES; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CARBON CYCLE; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 18444370556     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.027     Document Type: Article

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