Confidence Intervals For The Duration Of A Mass Extinction

• Published in: Paleobiology
• Main Authors: Wang, Steve C., Zimmerman, Aaron Edward, , '11, McVeigh, Brendan Sean, , '11, Everson, Philip J., Wong, Heidi, , '10
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Works 2012
• Subjects: Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-math-stat/48; https://doi.org/10.1666/11016.1; http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/swang1/Publications/

A key question in studies of mass extinctions is whether the extinction was a sudden or gradual event. This question may be addressed by examining the locations of fossil occurrences in a stratigraphic section. However, the fossil record can be consistent with both sudden and gradual extinctions. Ra...