Microbialites as disaster forms in anachronistic facies following the end-Permian mass extinction: A discussion

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 809-813

  Kershaw, S ^a   Crasquin, S ^b   Collin, P Y ^c   Li, Y ^d   Feng, Q ^e   Forel, M B ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anachronistic facies; Disaster forms; Mass extinction; Microbiolites; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIALITE; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

EID: 70350223621     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090903002623     Document Type: Article

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