The terrestrial Permian-Triassic boundary event is a nonevent

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-

  Gastaldo, Robert A ^a   Neveling, Johann ^b  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b Westville Campus   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

EID: 84858142038     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32975Y.1     Document Type: Letter

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