Precise U-Pb age constraints for end-Triassic mass extinction, its correlation to volcanism and Hettangian post-extinction recovery

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Schaltegger, Urs ^a   Guex, Jean ^b   Bartolini, Annachiara ^c   Schoene, Blair ^a   Ovtcharova, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

mass extinction; Peru; post extinction recovery; Triassic Jurassic boundary; U Pb dating; volcanic ash beds

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC; VOLCANIC ASH LAYERS;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; URANIUM; VOLCANOES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FLOOD BASALT; HETTANGIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

AMMONOIDEA; CHORISTOCERAS; PUCARA;

EID: 39649115000     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.031     Document Type: Article

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