A potential biomarker for the Permian-Triassic ecological crisis

A unique biomarker, a C33 n-alkylcyclohexane (n-heptacosylcyclohexane), which strongly increases in abundance within the extinction interval of the end-Permian ecological crisis, is here reported from the key Permian–Triassic (P–Tr) marine section in Greenland. Prior to this study, this compound had...

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Main Authors: Grice, Kliti, Twitchett, R., Alexander, Robert, Foster, C., Looy, Cindy
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25648