The Permian-Triassic transition: Historical review of the most important ecological crises with special emphasis on the Iberian Peninsula and Western-Central Europe

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-158

  Virgili, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological crises; Climate change; Extinctions; Pangea; Permian; Renewal; Triassic; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXTINCTION; FUNGUS; MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANISIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 45749111029     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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