Integrated stratigraphy and palaeoclimate history of the Carnian Pluvial Event in the Boreal realm:new data from the Upper Triassic Kapp Toscana Group in central Spitsbergen (Norway).

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Mueller, Steven, Hounslow, Mark William, Kürschner, Wolfram
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: De Geerdalen; Kapp Toscana; Norway; Tschermakfjellet; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/82132/; https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2015-028

The Late Triassic climate is characterized by arid conditions interrupted by a humid phase known as the Carnian Pluvial Event (CPE). This wet phase is well documented in the Tethyan realm, but evidence from the Boreal realm is scarce. Here we present evidence from quantitative palynology for the CPE...