Platinum-group elements of the Meishan Permian-Triassic boundary section: Evidence for flood basaltic volcanism

Chemical Geology

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-64

  Xu, Lin ^a,b,c   Lin, Yangting ^a   Shen, Wenjie ^a   Qi, Liang ^c   Xie, Liewen ^a   Ouyang, Ziyuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Basaltic volcanism; Extraterrestrial impact; Mass extinction; Permian Triassic boundary event; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; CHONDRITE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 35548947561     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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