The climate of the Triassic period was characterized by a non-zonal pattern, dictated by a
strong global monsoon system with effects that are most evident in the Tethys realm. This …

Dinosaurs were remarkably successful during the Mesozoic and one subgroup, birds,
remain an important component of modern ecosystems. Although the extinction of non-avian …

We test the research strategy of using youngest U–Pb ages of detrital zircons to constrain
the maximum depositional ages of strata containing the zircon grains by comparing U–Pb …

Plants have utterly transformed the planet, but testing hypotheses of causality requires a
reliable time‐scale for plant evolution. While clock methods have been extensively …

The Triassic is bound by two mass extinctions that coincide with vast outpourings of volcanic
flood basalts. The Mesozoic begins with a gradual recovery of plant and animal life after the …

U-Pb ages for 1655 individual detrital zircon grains in 18 samples of eolian and associated
marine and fluvial sandstones of the Glen Canyon and San Rafael Groups from the …

The Triassic represented an important period that witnessed the diversification of marine
and terrestrial ecosystems. The radiations of terrestrial plants and vertebrates during this …

Examining the geological past of our planet allows us to study periods of severe climatic and
biological crises and recoveries, biotic and abiotic ecosystem fluctuations, and faunal and …

Integration of detrital zircon studies with data on biostratigraphy, isopachs, facies, and
paleocurrents can improve reconstructions of paleogeography for ancient fluvial systems. U …

New zircon U–Pb ages are proposed for late Early and Middle Triassic volcanic ash layers
from the Luolou and Baifeng formations (northwestern Guangxi, South China). These ages …