Plankton and productivity during the Permian-Triassic boundary crisis: An analysis of organic carbon fluxes

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-67

  Algeo, Thomas J ^a   Henderson, Charles M ^b   Tong, Jinnan ^c   Feng, Qinglai ^c   Yin, Hongfu ^c   Tyson, Richard V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Kitson House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mass extinction; Organic carbon accumulation rates; Primary productivity; Sedimentation rates; South China; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ACCUMULATION; MASS EXTINCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOUTH CHINA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON FLUX; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN;

CHINA;

EID: 84876958391     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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