Multiple Early Triassic greenhouse crises impeded recovery from Late Permian mass extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 233-251

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Sheldon, Nathan D ^b   Carr, Paul F ^c   Fanning, Mark ^d   Thompson, Caitlyn A ^a   Williams, Megan L ^c   Jones, Brian G ^c   Hutton, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Carbon dioxide; Extinction; Fish; Paleosol; Permian; Plant; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MASS EXTINCTION; NEW RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOSOL; PERMIAN; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960362349     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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