High-precision timeline for Earth's most severe extinction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3316-3321

  Burgess, Seth D ^a   Bowring, Samuel ^a   Shen, Shu Zhong ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Geochronology

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; END PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; UNCERTAINTY; VOLCANIC ASH;

EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84895800884     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317692111     Document Type: Article

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