The Carnian Crisis in the Tethys Realm (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639000351)

The Carnian stage is characterised by one of the most severe intra-Triassic ecological crisis affecting marine and epicontinental biota on a global scale. The so-called Carnian Crisis is defined by a major gap in carbonate productivity followed by a marking rise of siliciclastic influx that was shed across terrestrial and shallow marine environments. What can explain the widespread ecological incisions? Was it a single sedimentary incident or a chain of events which were unleashed by a dramatic climate shift? Based on detailed multistratigraphic studies drawn on 20 selected sec-tions throughout the Northern Alps, the Southern Alps and the Indian Himalaya, the author Thomas Hornung introduces a sequence-strati-graphic framework of the Carnian extinction event. In addition, a climate archive derived from oxygen stable isotopes of conodont apatite and lithofacies allowed the first quantitative proof of a climate-induced event and suggests a possible scenario that may have caused the Carnian Crisis. This book addresses all Triassic Biostratigraphers and Palaeontologists, but especially Earth Scientists that combine multistratigraphic tools to geochemical and palaeoclimate aspects.

Author: Thomas Hornung
ISBN-10: 3639000358
ISBN-13: 9783639000351
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2008
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d