High-precision timeline for Earth's most severe extinction

The end-Permian mass extinction was the most severe loss of marine and terrestrial biota in the last 542 My. Understanding its cause and the controls on extinction/recovery dynamics depends on an accurate and precise age model. U-Pb zircon dates for five volcanic ash beds from the Global Stratotype...

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Main Authors: Burgess, Seth D. (Contributor), Bowring, Samuel A. (Contributor), Shen, Shu-zhong (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2014-11-10T14:43:53Z.
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