Causes of the marine productivity and oxygen changes associated with the Permian-Triassic boundary: A reevaluation with ocean general circulation models

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 283-304

  Winguth, Arne M E ^a   Maier Reimer, Ernst ^b  

^a Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Mass extinctions; Ocean modeling; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEPOSITION; HYDRATES; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CIRCULATION MODELS; FRESHWATER SOURCES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MARINE CHEMISTRY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OXYGEN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 20144373885     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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