A smooth negative shift of organic-carbon isotope ratios at an end-Permian mass extinction horizon in central pelagic Panthalassa

Keywords

Mass Extinction / Carbon Isotope Ratio / Accretionary Complex / Triassic Boundary / Phototrophic Sulphur Bacterium

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