Microbialites and global environmental change across the Permian-Triassic boundary: A synthesis

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-47

  Kershaw, S ^a   Crasquin, S ^b   Li, Y ^c   Collin, P Y ^d   Forel, M B ^b   Mu, X ^c   Baud, A ^e   Wang, Y ^f   Xie, S ^f   Maurer, F ^g   Guo, L ^h  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e BGC   (Switzerland)

^f CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^g Maersk Oil Qatar   (Qatar)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCITE; CEMENT; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FACIES; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; MASS EXTINCTION; MICRITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIALITE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PANGAEA; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SATURATION; SEAWATER; TETHYS; THROMBOLITE; UPWELLING;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; SEDIMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

CHINA; IRAN; TURKEY;

RENALCIS;

EID: 83655201188     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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