Onset of biotic and environmental recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction within 1-2 million years: A case study of the Lower Triassic of the Meishan section, South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 176-187

  Chen, Z Q ^a   Tong, Jinnan ^b   Kaiho, Kunio ^c   Kawahata, Hodaka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biotic recovery; Early Triassic; End Permian; Mass extinction; Meishan; South China

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MEISHAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHEJIANG;

MEISHANORHYNCHIA;

EID: 34347343454     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.042     Document Type: Article

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