Compound-specific carbon isotopes from Earth's largest flood basalt eruptions directly linked to the end-Triassic mass extinction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6721-6725

  Whiteside, Jessica H ^a   Olsen, Paul E ^b   Eglinton, Timothy ^c   Brookfield, Michael E ^d   Sambrotto, Raymond N ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Astrochronology; CO2; Jurassic; Large igneous provinces; n alkane

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIPID; WAX;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CARBON CYCLE; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOROCCO; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRIASSIC; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLCANO; WOOD;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FLOODS; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SILICATES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951057327     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001706107     Document Type: Article

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