A smooth negative shift of organic carbon isotope ratios at an end-Permian mass extinction horizon in central pelagic Panthalassa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 532-539

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Kaiho, Kunio ^a   Oba, Masahiro ^a   Kakegawa, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Green sulphur bacteria; Mass extinction; Organic carbon isotope; Panthalassa; Permian; Photic zone euxinia; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PERTURBATION; RADIOLARIA;

JAPAN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 78449232502     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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