Stromatolites of the Lower Triassic Union Wash Formation, CA: Evidence for continued post-extinction environmental stress in western North America through the Spathian

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 78-86

  Mary, Michelle ^a   Woods, Adam D ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geophysics ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic recovery; California; Disaster forms; Lower Triassic; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; REEF; SHOALING WAVE; STROMATOLITE; TRIASSIC;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549096768     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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