Negative C-isotope excursions at the Permian-Triassic boundary linked to volcanism

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 963-966

  Shen, Jun ^a,b   Algeo, Thomas J ^b   Hu, Qing ^a,c   Zhang, Ning ^a   Zhou, Lian ^a   Xia, Wenchen ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Feng, Qinglai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH LAYER; ASH LAYER THICKNESS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPES; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SIBERIAN TRAPS; SIZE SCALE; SOUTH CHINA; VOLCANIC ASH;

ISOTOPES;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CARBONATE RAMP; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84868687447     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33329.1     Document Type: Article

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