Microbial influences on paleoenvironmental changes during the Permian-Triassic boundary crisis

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 965-975

  Luo, GenMing ^a   Xie, ShuCheng ^a   Liu, Deng ^a   Algeo, Thomas J ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

co evolution; mass extinction; microbial functional groups (MFGs); Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSPHERICS; IONOSPHERE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CO-EVOLUTION; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIAL FUNCTIONAL GROUPS (MFGS); PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CARBON; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

EID: 84899985623     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4822-7     Document Type: Article

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