Vertical δ13Corg gradients record changes in planktonic microbial community composition during the end-Permian mass extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 396, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-131

  Luo, Genming ^a   Algeo, Thomas J ^a,b   Huang, Junhua ^a   Zhou, Wenfeng ^a   Wang, Yongbiao ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Richoz, Sylvain ^c   Xie, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemoautotrophs; Deep chlorophyll maximum; Green sulfur bacteria; Oxygen minimum zone; Permian Triassic; South China

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MICROPLANKTON; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFUR; BASIN; CRATON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; SURFACE; TRIASSIC; ZONE;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM; NANPANJIANG BASIN;

CHLOROBI;

EID: 84893397743     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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