The Pliensbachian-Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extinction, a global multi-phased event

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 386, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-118

  Caruthers, Andrew H ^a   Smith, Paul L ^a   Gröcke, Darren R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonite; Extinction; Foraminifera; Pliensbachian; Toarcian; Western North America

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS EXTINCTION; OCEAN BASIN; POPULATION DECLINE; TAXONOMY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84881554494     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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