Composition and structure of microbialite ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction in South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 111-128

  Yang, Hao ^a   Chen, Z Q ^b   Wang, Yongbiao ^a   Tong, Jinnan ^a   Song, Haijun ^a   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mass extinction; Microbialites; Permian Triassic; South China

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONODONT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GROWTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

CHINA;

COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; FORAMINIFERA; METAZOA; OSTRACODA; RENALCIS;

EID: 79960040349     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.029     Document Type: Article

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