Mass extinction and recovery of the Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) brachiopods linked to climate change in Northern and Central Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 367-380

  García Joral, Fernando ^a   Gómez, Juan J ^a   Goy, Antonio ^a  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Early toarcian; Mass extinction; Paleoclimate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONITE; BELEMNITE; BENTHOS; BRACHIOPOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASS EXTINCTION; MIGRATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGENATION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIENSBACHIAN; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TETHYS; TOARCIAN; WARMING;

FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; SPAIN;

BELEMNOIDEA; BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 79952753318     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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