Possible causes for a negative shift in the stable carbon isotope ratio before, during and after the end-Permian mass extinction in Meishan, South China

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 799-808

  Kaiho, K ^a   Chen, Z Q ^b   Sawada, K ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonate carbon; Kerogen; Mass extinction; Meishan; Organic carbon; Permian; South China

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KEROGEN; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TETHYS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MEISHAN; ZHEJIANG;

HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1;

EID: 70350129068     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090903002615     Document Type: Article

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