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N and C Isotopic Compositions of the Lower Triassic of Southern Primorye and Reconstruction of the Habitat Conditions of Marine Organisms

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N and C isotopic data are recorded and presented for the first time for the Lower Triassic claystones of Southern Primorye (Abrek Section). Five N isotope intervals and 11 more or less pronounced negative C isotope excursions, likely to reflect instability of the temperature regime and the oceanographic situation in the Early Triassic, are recognized in the section. The most favorable conditions for ammonoid recovery and other marine organisms in the Early Triassic (after the end- Permian ecological crisis) were associated with the late Induan—early Olenekian transgression and probable cooling.

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Zakharov, Y.D., Horacek, M., Shigeta, Y. et al. N and C Isotopic Compositions of the Lower Triassic of Southern Primorye and Reconstruction of the Habitat Conditions of Marine Organisms. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 26, 534–551 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593818050064

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