Carbon cycle dynamics following the end-Triassic mass extinction: Constraints from paired δ13Ccarb and δ13Corg records

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bachan, Aviv ^a   Van De Schootbrugge, Bas ^b   Fiebig, Jens ^b   McRoberts, Christopher A ^c   Ciarapica, Gloria ^d   Payne, Jonathan L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle dynamics; Carbon isotopes; End Triassic mass extinction.; Triassic Jurassic boundary

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPES; EXTINCTION INTERVALS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; FAUNA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY; LOMBARDY BASIN;

EID: 84867002432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004150     Document Type: Article

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