The interplay between massive volcanism and the local environment: Geochemistry of the Late Permian mass extinction across the Sydney Basin, Australia

The isotopic, geochemical, and physical characteristics of the Late Permian mass extinction have been identified and assessed from terrestrial sections across the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia. These new data are used to both correlate the extinction event across the basin and elucidate its cause. Two stratigraphically well-constrained cores were examined, one each from the northern and southern regions of the Sydney Basin. Both sections show...