Geochemical evidence from bio-apatite for multiple oceanic anoxic events during Permian-Triassic transition and the link with end-Permian extinction and recovery

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 353-354, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-21

  Song, Haijun ^a,b   Wignall, Paul B ^b   Tong, Jinnan ^a   Bond, David P G ^b   Song, Huyue ^a   Lai, Xulong ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a   Wang, Hongmei ^c   Chen, Yanlong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Conodont trace elements; End Permian extinction; Microbialite; Oceanic anoxic event; Triassic biotic recovery

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; END-PERMIAN; MICROBIALITE; OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT; TRIASSIC;

APATITE; ISOTOPES;

CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; APATITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIALITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMINERALIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ANISIA;

EID: 84865578906     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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