Proliferation of Early Triassic wrinkle structures: Implications for environmental stress following the end-Permian mass extinction

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-464

  Pruss, Sara ^a   FraiserM , Margaret ^a   Bottjer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic recovery; Early Triassic; End Permian mass extinction; Wrinkle structures

Indexed keywords

ITALY; PROLIFERATION; TRIASSIC WRINKLES; WRINKLE STRUCTURES;

MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRIASSIC;

EID: 2442484433     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20354.1     Document Type: Article

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