The fluctuating environment associated with the episodic biotic crisis during the Permo/Triassic transition: Evidence from microbial biomarkers in Changxing, Zhejiang Province

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1052-1059

  Huang, XianYu ^a   Jiao, Dan ^a   Lu, LiQiang ^a   Xie, ShuCheng ^a   Huang, JunHua ^a   Wang, YongBiao ^a   Yin, HongFu ^a   Wang, HongMei ^a   Zhang, KeXin ^a   Lai, XuLong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Environment; Green sulfur bacteria; Molecular fossil; Tr Ptransition

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC NUTRIENT; BIOTIC CRISIS; MOLECULAR FOSSIL; PERMO-TRIASSIC TRANSITION;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIUM; EPISODIC EVENT; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ASIA; CHANGXING; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34447316154     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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