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Extinction eventPermian–Triassic extinction eventEvent (particle physics)Extinction (optical mineralogy)PermianBiologyEvolutionary biologyGeographyEcologyPaleontologyEnvironmental scienceDemographyPhysicsBiological dispersalAstrophysicsSociology
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- 18
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 358-365
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- 493
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Michael J. Benton,
Richard J. Twitchett
(2003).
How to kill (almost) all life: the end-Permian extinction event.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
, 18
(7)
, 358-365.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(03)00093-4
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- 10.1016/s0169-5347(03)00093-4