Mass Extinctions, Notable Examples of

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-177

  Twitchett, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonite; Biodiversity; Brachiopod; Climate change; Cooling; Cretaceous; Devonian; Jurassic; Large igneous province; Mass extinction; Ordovician; Permian; Triassic; Volcanism; Warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910119221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00092-7     Document Type: Chapter

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