Palaeoenvironmental change during the end-Guadalupian (Permian) mass extinction in Sichuan, China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 78-93

  Lai, Xulong ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Wignall, P B ^c   Bond, D P G ^c   Jiang, Haishui ^a   Ali, J R ^d   John, E H ^c   Sun, Yadong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; Mass extinction; Permian; Regression

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD BASALT; KARSTIFICATION; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

ALGAE; FUSULINACEA;

EID: 53849130262     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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