Permo-Triassic Events in the Eastern Tethys: Stratigraphy Classification and Relations with the Western Tethys

Permian and Triassic rocks in the Eastern Tethyan (Southern Asia) region form continuous marine sequences that record the waning phases of the Paleozoic and the early stages of the Mesozoic eras. This period is important geologically, because during it a great number of organisms became extinct. This book describes and interprets these rocks, summarizing the distribution of major fossil groups in a way that will allow detailed comparison with strata of comparable age in the western Tethys and other parts of the world, notably European and Australian strata. The sixteen contributions by forty authors are the culmination of the five-year long International Geological Correlation Programme Project 203. The detailed information presented here is gathered from many areas in the eastern Tethyan region and will be of use in the evaluation of the major changes in the global marine biosphere known to have taken place at the end of the Paleozoic era.