Synchronous record of δ13C shifts in the oceans and atmosphere at the end of the Permian

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 356, Issue , 2002, Pages 455-462

  Sephton, Mark A ^a,b,c   Looy, Cindy V ^a   Veefkind, Ruben J ^a,b   Brinkhuis, Henk ^a   De Leeuw, Jan W ^a,b   Visscher, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL CRISIS; MOLECULAR FOSSILS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SYNCHRONOUS DISTURBANCE; TRANSITION SECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84872003892     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2356-6.455     Document Type: Article

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