Extinction pattern of marine Ostracoda across the Pliensbachian-Toarcian boundary in the Cordillera Ibérica, NE Spain: Causes and consequences

Geobios

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Arias, Carmen ^a  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cordillera Ib rica; Mass extinction; Ostracoda; Palaeoceanography; Pliensbachian Toarcian boundary; Spain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; OSTRACOD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIENSBACHIAN; STRATOTYPE; SURVIVAL; TOARCIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMMONOIDEA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 59949090594     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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