Stratigraphical and palaeogeographical significance of the continental sedimentary transition across the Permian-Triassic boundary in Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 3-23

  López Gómez, José ^a   Arche, Alfredo ^a   Marzo, Mariano ^b   Durand, Marc ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Iberian Ranges; Late Permian; Permian Triassic boundary; Stratigraphy; Triassic

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 28444477376     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.028     Document Type: Article

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