Isotopic evidence bearing on Late Triassic extinction events, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and implications for the duration and cause of the Triassic/Jurassic mass extinction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 589-600

  Ward, Peter D ^a   Garrison, Geoffrey H ^a   Haggart, James W ^b   Kring, David A ^c   Beattie, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Extinctions; Hettangian; Jurassic; Monotis; Norian; Rhaetian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CARBON ISOTOPE; MASS EXTINCTION; RHAETIAN; TRIASSIC;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 4143153893     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.034     Document Type: Article

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