The Permian-Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Terrestrial Organic Matter

• Main Author: Rimmer, Susan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic Earth Sciences; Chemistry:Rock; Antarctica; Geochemistry; Solid Earth; Transantarctic Mountains; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; Shackleton; Shackleton Glacier; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600121

Abstract: This project studies the Permian-Triassic extinction event as recorded in sedimentary rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Two hundred and fifty million years ago most life on Earth was wiped out in a geologic instant. The cause is a subject of great debate. Researchers h...