Timothy P. W. Jones

Terrestrial Ecological Disturbances and Responses to Palaeowildfires at the Permian–Triassic Transition, A Review of Current Research

At the end of the Paleozoic Era, the Earth experienced an extreme ecosystem disturbance event, which was the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME); causing an irreversible global catastrophe for animals and plants. Fossil evidence from marine strata correlated by zircon U–Pb dating of volcanic ash supports the view o...