Rapid expansion of oceanic anoxia immediately before the end-Permian mass extinction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 43, 2011, Pages 17631-17634

  Brennecka, Gregory A ^a   Herrmann, Achim D ^a,b   Algeo, Thomas J ^c   Anbar, Ariel D ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Paleoredox; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; URANIUM;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERMIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY; SEAWATER; URANIUM;

EID: 80055078582     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106039108     Document Type: Article

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