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A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction
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The transition from the Triassic to Jurassic Period, initiating the 'Age of the dinosaurs', approximately 200 Ma, is marked by a profound mass extinction with more than 50% genus loss in both marine and continental realms. This event closely coincides with a period of extensive volcanism in the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) associated with the initial break-up of Pangaea but a causal relationship is still debated. The Triassic-Jurassic (T-J) boundary is recently proposed in the ma...
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- Journal:
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Volume:
- 291
- Issue:
- 1-4
- Pages:
- 113-125
- Publication date:
- 2010-03-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0012-821X
- Source identifiers:
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385557
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- English
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- pubs:385557
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2010
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