The Siberian Traps and the End-Permian mass extinction: A critical review

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-37

  Saunders, Andy ^a   Reichow, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO2; Continental flood basalts; Oceanic anoxia; Radiometric dating; SO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149463231     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0543-7     Document Type: Review

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