Ocean acidification and the end-permian mass extinction: To what extent does evidence support hypothesis?

Geosciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 221-234

  Kershaw, Stephen ^a   Crasquin, Sylvie ^b   Li, Yue ^c   Collin, Pierre Yves ^d   Forel, Marie Béatrice ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

End Permian extinction; Microbialite; Ocean acidification; Ocean buffer; Stylolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885848964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences2040221     Document Type: Article

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