The Permian-Triassic boundary in Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-258

  Retallack, G J ^a   Jahren, A H ^b   Sheldon, N D ^a,c   Chakrabarti, R ^d   Metzger, C A ^a   Smith, R M H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Dicroidium; Glossopteris; Lystrosaurus; Palaeosol

Indexed keywords

PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

DICROIDIUM; GLOSSOPTERIS; LYSTROSAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20744449186     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002658     Document Type: Article

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