Triassic-Jurassic organic carbon isotope stratigraphy of key sections in the western Tethys realm (Austria)

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The late Triassic period is recognized as one of the five major mass extinctions in the fossil record. All these important intervals in earth history are associated with excursions in C-isotope records thought to have been caused by perturbations in the global carbon cycle. The nature and causes of C-isotopic events across the Triassic-Jurassic (T-J) transition however, are poorly understood. We present several new high resolution organic C-isotope records from the Eiberg Basin, Austria, incl...

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Authors: Ruhl, M; Kürschner, WM; Krystyn, L

• Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Volume: 281
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 169-187
• Publication date: 2009-05-15
• DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.020
• ISSN: 0012-821X
• Language: English
• Keywords: isotope stratigraphy; Triassic-Jurassic; carbon isotopes; Tethys; organic carbon