Pangean great lake paleoecology on the cusp of the end-Triassic extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 301, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Whiteside, Jessica H ^a   Olsen, Paul E ^b   Eglinton, Timothy I ^c   Cornet, Bruce ^d   McDonald, Nicholas G ^e   Huber, Philip ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Westminster School ^*  (United States)

^e Westminster School   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Central Atlantic magmatic province; End Triassic extinction; Paleolimnology; Redfieldiidae; Semionotidae; Species flocks

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PANGAEA; RIFT ZONE; STRATIFICATION; SUCCESSION; TELEOST; TRIASSIC;

CONNECTICUT; EAST AFRICA; HARTFORD; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; SEMIONOTIDAE;

EID: 79951723420     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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