Environmental and biotic turnover across the Permian-Triassic boundary on a shallow carbonate platform in western Zhejiang, South China

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 775-797

  Chen, Z Q ^a   Tong, J ^b   Zhang, K ^b   Yang, H ^b   Liao, Z ^c   Song, H ^b   Chen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biotic changeover; China; Environmental turnover; Huangzhishan section; Mass extinction; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONODONT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; BLASTOIDEA; BRYOZOA; CLARAIA; EUMORPHOTIS; FORAMINIFERA; HINDEODUS PARVUS; NEOGONDOLELLA; OPHICERAS; PELMATOZOA; PTERIA;

EID: 70350135482     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090903002607     Document Type: Article

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