Changhsingian
English
Alternative forms
- Changxingian
- Changshingian (rare)
Etymology
Mandarin 長興, Wade-Giles romanization: Chʻang²-hsing¹; named after Changxing County in China.
Proper noun
Changhsingian
- (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Permian period.
- 2015 April 10, M. O. Clarkson, S. A. Kasemann, R. A. Wood, T. M. Lenton, S. J. Daines, S. Richoz, F. Ohnemueller, A. Meixner, S. W. Poulton, E. T. Tipper, “Ocean acidification and the Permo-Triassic mass extinction”, in Science, volume 348, number 6231, pages 229-230:
- There is no evidence for a large drop in PCO2, and independent proxy data indicate only a minor temperature decrease of a few degrees Celsius during the Changhsingian (22), suggesting that these mechanisms alone cannot explain the pH increase (fig. S5).
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