Hydrogen sulphide poisoning of shallow seas following the end-Triassic extinction

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 662-667

  Richoz, Sylvain ^a,b   Van De Schootbrugge, Bas ^a   Pross, Jörg ^a,c   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a   Quan, Tracy M ^d   Lindström, Sofie ^e   Heunisch, Carmen ^f   Fiebig, Jens ^a   Maquil, Robert ^g   Schouten, Stefan ^h   Hauzenberger, Christoph A ^b   Wignall, Paul B ⁱ  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f Energy and Geology   (Germany)

^g Geological Survey of Luxemburg   (Luxembourg)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK SHALE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INLAND SEA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PIGMENT; SHALLOW WATER; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

BELGIUM; GERMANY; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84865797052     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1539     Document Type: Article

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