The palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental analysis of mass extinction events

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 190-213

  Twitchett, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Devonian; Mass extinction; Ordovician; Paleoecology; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

EID: 33644834774     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.05.019     Document Type: Review

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