End-Permian mass extinction of lagenide foraminifers in the Southern Alps (northern Italy)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-434

  Groves, John R ^a   Rettori, Roberto ^b   Payne, Jonathan L ^c   Boyce, Matthew D ^d   Altiner, Demír ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; ISOTOPE; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROFOSSIL; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

BELLEROPHON; EARLANDIA; FORAMINIFERA; NODOSARIA;

EID: 34248664062     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05123.1     Document Type: Review

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