Evidence for a diachronous Late Permian marine crisis from the Canadian Arctic region

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1424-1448

  Algeo, Thomas ^a   Henderson, Charles M ^b   Ellwood, Brooks ^c   Rowe, Harry ^d   Elswick, Erika ^e   Bates, Steven ^f   Lyons, Timothy ^f   Hower, James C ^g   Smith, Christina ^a   Maynard, Barry ^a   Hays, Lindsay E ^h   Summons, Roger E ^h   Fulton, James ⁱ   Freeman, Katherine H ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE PERMIAN; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; OXYHYDROXIDES; SEDIMENT FLUX; VOLCANICS; WATER MASS;

BASALT;

ANOXIA; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; SVERDRUP BASIN;

EID: 84867366924     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30505.1     Document Type: Article

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