The Middle Permian (Capitanian) mass extinction on land and in the oceans

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 100-116

  Bond, David P G ^a   Hilton, Jason ^b   Wignall, Paul B ^a   Ali, Jason R ^c   Stevens, Liadan G ^d   Sun, Yadong ^e   Lai, Xulong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Capitanian; Emeishan; Extinction; Guadalupian; Permian; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; EMEISHAN; SICHUAN;

AMMONOIDEA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; DINOCEPHALIA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77955589441     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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