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A unique geochemical record at the Permian/Triassic boundary

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A 330-metre core drilled through the marine Permian/Triassic boundary in the Carnic Alps of Austria allows closely correlated studies of geochemistry, petrography and palaeontology across the boundary. The isotope shifts and metal concentrations are extended, multiple and complex, and do not resemble those seen at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Both the carbon isotope shifts and the chemical events (including an indium anomaly) may have causes related to a major regression of the sea.

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    William T. Holser

  2. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Postfach 154, A-1031, Wien, Austria

    Hans-Peter Schönlaub & Peter Klein

  3. Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA

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  5. Isotope Research Department, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

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  6. Institut für Geologie und Paläntologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Alois Fenninger & Karl Stattegger

  7. Musée géologique cantonal, UNIL-BFSH-2, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

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  8. Geotechnisches Institut, BVFA Arsenal, A-1030, Wien, Austria

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  9. Institut für Geophysik, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef-Strasse 18, A-8700, Leoben, Austria

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  10. Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    Edwin Pak

  11. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Salzburg, Akademiestrasse 26, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria

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Holser, W., Schönlaub, HP., Attrep, M. et al. A unique geochemical record at the Permian/Triassic boundary. Nature 337, 39–44 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/337039a0

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