Molecular records of microbialites following the end-Permian mass extinction in Chongyang, Hubei Province, South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 151-159

  Chen, Lin ^a   Wang, Yongbiao ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Kershaw, Stephen ^b   Dong, Man ^c   Yang, Hao ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Algeo, Thomas J ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Biotic crisis; Chongyang; Microbialite; Permian Triassic boundary

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALKANE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; DOMINANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HETEROTROPHY; LITHOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIALITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXYGENATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SALINITY; STROMATOLITE;

CHINA; HUBEI;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960064716     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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