Volcanism and mass extinctions

Volcanoes and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 207-226

  Wignall, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LATE DEVONIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 85011395313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614767.008     Document Type: Chapter

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