Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions

Earth-Science Reviews - Tập 53 Số 1-2 - Trang 1-33 - 2001
Paul B. Wignall1
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

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