Termination of a continent-margin upwelling system at the Permian-Triassic boundary (Opal Creek, Alberta, Canada)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-35

  Schoepfer, Shane D ^a   Henderson, Charles M ^b   Garrison, Geoffrey H ^a   Foriel, Julien ^c   Ward, Peter D ^a   Selby, David ^d   Hower, James C ^e   Algeo, Thomas J ^f   Shen, Yanan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Extinction; Marine productivity; Panthalassic; Permian; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; PANTHALASSIC; PERMIAN; UPWELLING;

ANIMALS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ISOTOPES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NITROGEN; OSMIUM; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; SULFUR;

PRODUCTIVITY;

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP WATER; MASS EXTINCTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGENATION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SPONGE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; UPWELLING;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84876967352     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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