Shu-zhong Shen1, James L Crowley, Yue Wang

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing 210008, China. szshen@nigpas.ac.cn

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 19, 2011
PubMed
概括

波斯纪末期的大规模灭绝,地球上最严重的生物多样性危机,在2.52.2亿年前刚刚达到顶峰. 这场灾难性的事件,以快速的碳同位素外流和广泛的野火为标志,很可能是由大规模的温室气体释放引起的.

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