Evidence for recurrent Early Triassic massive volcanism from quantitative interpretation of carbon isotope fluctuations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 264-277

  Payne, Jonathan L ^a   Kump, Lee R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; flood basalt; mass extinction; Permian; Siberian Traps

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION;

BASALT; CARBON; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON CYCLE; CRATON; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; METAMORPHISM; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON;

EID: 33847631324     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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