Facies and geochemical evidence bearing on the end‐triassic disappearance of the alpine reef ecosystem

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A carbon and oxygen isotope profile is presented across the Triassic‐Jurassic boundary at the classic locality of Kendelbach, Austria. In conjunction with faciès data it lends no support to the claim that the spectacular disappearance of the reef ecosystem at the end of the Triassic was due to a sharp fall of seawater temperature. A model relating mass extinction to sea‐level change is preferred.

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