Late Devonian red tide and mass extinction

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1138-1144

  Gong, Yiming ^a   Li, Baohua ^b   Si, Yuanlan ^c   Wu, Yi ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^d Institute of Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; Eutrophication; Mass extinction; Red tide; South China

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RED TIDE; REVIEW; SALINITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 20544451290     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9255     Document Type: Review

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