Microbial-algal community changes during the latest Permian ecological crisis: Evidence from lipid biomarkers at Cili, South China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-51

  Luo, Genming ^a   Wang, Yongbiao ^a   Grice, Kliti ^b   Kershaw, Steve ^c   Algeo, Thomas J ^d   Ruan, Xiaoyan ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Jia, Chengling ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dibenzofuran; Mass extinction; Microbialite; N alkanes; P Tr boundary; Steranes

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURANS; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIALITE; N-ALKANES; P-TR BOUNDARY; STERANES;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMESTONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

BIOMARKERS;

ALGA; ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOMARKER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; LIMESTONE; LIPID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERMIAN; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL EROSION; WILDFIRE;

CHINA; HUNAN;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84876979236     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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