Synchrony between the Central Atlantic magmatic province and the Triassic-Jurassic mass-extinction event? Reply to Marzoli et al.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Whiteside, Jessica H ^a   Olsen, Paul E ^b   Kent, Dennis V ^b,c   Fowell, Sarah J ^d   Et Touhami, Mohammed ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

CAMP; Jurassic; Mass extinction; Triassic; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MASS EXTINCTION; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

EID: 43849108447     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.02.010     Document Type: Note

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