Geochemical significance of the relative enrichment of pristane and the negative excursion of δ13CPr across the Permian-Triassic Boundary at Meishan, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2213-2225

  Wang, Chunjiang ^a   Liu, Yimei ^a   Liu, Hongxiu ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Shi, Quan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Animal lipids; Carbon isotope ratio; Marine anoxia; Pristane; PTB

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749682443     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0262     Document Type: Article

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