Evidence for a fungal event, methane-hydrate release and soil erosion at the Permian-Triassic boundary in southern Israel

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 68-89

  Sandler, Amir ^a   Eshet, Yoram ^a,b   Schilman, Bettina ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fungal Event; Israel; Microspherules; Organic carbon; Permian Triassic boundary; Rare Earths

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLAY; FUNGUS; GLAUCONITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANE; MINERALOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SPHERULE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ENDOSPORITES PAPILLATUS; LUECKISPORITES;

EID: 33750629615     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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