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Bhandari et al. 1992
Bhandari, N., Shukla, P.N. and Azmi, R.J. (1992). Positive europium anomaly at the Permo-Triassic Boundary, Spiti, India. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL01071. issn: 0094-8276.

A limonitic layer at the base of the Otoceras-Ophiceras zone in the Lalung section in Spiti valley shows a significant positive europium anomaly with maximum Eu/Eu*=1.9. This layer defines the contact between the earliest Griesbachian and the Permian Productus shale sequence. The layer shows a small cerium anomaly having the maximum values of (Ce/La)N=1.4. The iridium concentration in this layer, at 73 pg/g, is only marginally above the levels found in the adjacent shales although higher than found in the overlying limestones. Another horizon having 114 pg/g of Ir occurs 70 cm below this limonitic layer in the shale sequence. These observations have important implications, both for the terrestrial (mainly volcanic) and extra-terrestrial impact hypotheses for the Permo-Triassic transition which are discussed. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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