Stratigraphic significance of carbon isotope variations in the shallow-marine Seis/Siusi Permian-Triassic boundary section (Southern Alps, Italy)

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-205

  Kraus, Sonja H ^a   Siegert, Susann ^a   Mette, Wolfgang ^b   Struck, Ulrich ^c   Korte, Christoph ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemostratigraphy; Extinction events; Oolites; Pufels section; Seis section

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149087115     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200900007     Document Type: Article

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