Carnian Pluvial Episode

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf climatic event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Carnian Pluvial Event
Carnian Pluvial Phase
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:volcanic_activity
Wrangellia Large Igneous Province
gptkbp:characterizedBy global climate change
increased rainfall
widespread environmental disruption
gptkbp:evidence fossil records
isotopic data
sedimentary records
gptkbp:followedBy return to drier climate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carnian Pluvial Episode
gptkbp:location global
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Late_Triassic
Carnian Age
gptkbp:period approximately 234 to 232 million years ago
gptkbp:precededBy relatively arid conditions
gptkbp:resultedIn mass extinction
diversification of dinosaurs
faunal turnover
decline of some marine groups
expansion of conifers
gptkbp:significance major evolutionary event in Mesozoic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carnian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6