Latest Permian Strata Preserved in the Western U.S.?

Saltzman, M. R., and A. R. C. Sedlacek. 2013. Chemostratigraphy indicates a relatively complete Late Permian to Early Triassic sequence in the western United States. Geology (early online) doi:10.1130/G33906.1 Abstract - Although the latest Permian mass extinction and associated δ13C excursion are well documented from the Tethys Ocean, carbonate rocks preserving these events in the eastern Panthalassic Ocean (western Pangea) are unknown. We present δ13Ccarb from the Gerster and […]