Volcanism in association with the prelude to mass extinction and environment change across the permian-triassic boundary (PTB), Southern China

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 478-489

  Hong, Hanlie ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Lai, Xulong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mixed layer illite smectite (I S) clays; Permian triassic boundary (PTB); Preludial mass extinction; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ARID CONDITIONS; CLAY LAYERS; DEHYDROXYLATIONS; DSC CURVES; ENDOTHERMIC EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSIONAL PROCESS; ILLITE-SMECTITE; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROFOSSILS; PACKSTONE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SOUTHERN CHINA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC MATERIALS; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; VOLCANISM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY ALTERATION;

DEHYDROXYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ILLITE; MASS EXTINCTION; MINERALOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SMECTITE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84855456719     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2011.0590505     Document Type: Article

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