Discovery of a major negative δ13C spike in the Carnian (Late Triassic) linked to the eruption of Wrangellia flood basalts

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-82

  Dal Corso, Jacopo ^a   Mietto, Paolo ^a   Newton, Robert J ^b   Pancost, Richard D ^c   Preto, Nereo ^a   Roghi, Guido ^d   Wignall, Paul B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON ISOTOPES; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LATE TRIASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; NEGATIVE SHIFT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BASALT; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARNIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84855428562     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32473.1     Document Type: Article

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