Permian integrative stratigraphy, biotas, paleogeographical and paleoclimatic evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas

S Shen, Y Zhang, D Yuan, H Xu, Q Ju, H Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Permian Period was a critical time interval during which various blocks of the
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau have experienced profound and complex paleogeographical …

Evidence from South Africa for a protracted end-Permian extinction on land

PA Viglietti, RBJ Benson, RMH Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Earth's largest biotic crisis occurred during the Permo–Triassic Transition (PTT). On land,
this event witnessed a turnover from synapsid-to archosauromorph-dominated assemblages …

The terrestrial end-Permian mass extinction in the paleotropics postdates the marine extinction

Q Wu, H Zhang, J Ramezani, F Zhang, DH Erwin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The end-Permian mass extinction was the most severe ecological event during the
Phanerozoic and has long been presumed contemporaneous across terrestrial and marine …

[HTML][HTML] Depositional sedimentary facies, stratigraphic control, paleoecological constraints, and paleogeographic reconstruction of late Permian Chhidru Formation …

SK Ali, HT Janjuhah, SM Shahzad… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Upper Indus Basin, in Pakistan's western Salt Range, is home to the Zaluch Gorge. The
sedimentary rocks found in this Gorge, belonging to the Chhidru Formation, were studied in …

Taphonomy of drought afflicted tetrapods in the early Triassic Karoo Basin, South Africa

RMH Smith, J Botha, PA Viglietti - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sedimentology and taphonomy of in-situ fossils from earliest Triassic strata (Induan) in
the southern Karoo Basin of South Africa is presented as evidence for episodes of drought …

Palynological study of fossil plants from Miocene Murree Formation of Pakistan: Clues to investigate palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment

S Ahmad, M Ahmad, M Fawzy Ramadan, S Sultana… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Palaeoflora in Pakistan in the Miocene is characterized by its high biodiversity. The present
study investigated the pollen of fossil plants from the Murree Formation of Pakistan. Shales …

[HTML][HTML] An astronomical timescale for the Permian-Triassic mass extinction reveals a two-step, million-year-long terrestrial crisis in South China

F Hua, L Shao, T Zhang, DPG Bond, X Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME) is the greatest biotic crisis of the
Phanerozoic. In terrestrial settings, the PTME appears to have been diachronous and it has …

Proliferation of isoëtalean lycophytes during the Permo-Triassic biotic crises: a proxy for the state of the terrestrial biosphere

CV Looy, JHA van Konijnenburg-van Cittert… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Throughout their 420-Ma-long history, Lycopodiopsida have played a subordinate role at the
landscape level with very few exceptions. One being the arborescent Lepidodendrales that …

Palynological dynamics in the late Permian and the Permian–Triassic transition in southwestern China

L Shao, F Hua, J Wang, X Ji, Z Yan, T Zhang… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME) is regarded as the largest biotic crisis
of the Phanerozoic. However, the influence of the terrestrial ecological disturbance on plants …

Remote sensing strategies to characterization of drought, vegetation dynamics in relation to climate change from 1983 to 2016 in Tibet and Xinjiang Province, China

H Zhang, S Ali, Q Ma, L Sun, N Jiang, Q Jia… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Due to various land cover changes, vegetation dynamics, and climate, drought is the most
complex climate-related disaster problem in Tibet and Xinjiang, China. The purpose of the …