Pattern of Marine Mass Extinction Near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in South China
Abstract
The Meishan section across the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China is the most thoroughly investigated in the world. A statistical analysis of the occurrences of 162 genera and 333 species confirms a sudden extinction event at 251.4 million years ago, coincident with a dramatic depletion of δ13Ccarbonate and an increase in microspherules.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- July 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.289.5478.432
- Bibcode:
- 2000Sci...289..432J
- Keywords:
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- PALEO