The latest Permian mass extinction in the Alborz Mountains (North Iran)

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 216-229

  Angiolini, Lucia ^a   Checconi, Alessio ^b   Gaetani, Maurizio ^a   Rettori, Roberto ^b  

^a Dipartimento Scienze della Terra 'A Desio'   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Confidence interval; Extinction; Foraminifers; Iran; Pattern of extinction; Permian triassic boundary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FORAMINIFERA; MARKER BED; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY; TETHYS; TYPE SECTION;

ELBURZ; IRAN;

ALGAE; BRACHIOPODA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77953114723     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1203     Document Type: Article

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