3 days ago · A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological ...

4 days ago · This study presents a combined investigation of palynomorphs, plant, and tetrapod fossils found in the South Taodonggou (STD) Section, located in the Turpan-Hami Basin of Xinjiang Province, northwestern China ().The chronological sequence of these findings is established using a high-resolution Bayesian age model across the …

2 days ago · A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin remained an oasis for plant life during Earth’s worst mass extinction. Credit: D. H. Yang / CC BY-NC 4.0.Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape during, before, and after the end of the Permian mass extinction based on fossil palynomorphs, plants, and tetrapods recovered.

1 day ago · A new study has revealed that a part of northwest China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as an oasis for plant life during Earth’s worst mass extinction 252 million years ago. The discovery contradicts the long-standing belief that land ecosystems completely collapsed during this catastrophic event. ... — China Science (@ChinaScience) March 14 ...

4 days ago · In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and bounced back faster. During a cataclysmic mass extinction event, there are typically not many places to hide. ... Laura is a science news writer ...

2 days ago · NANJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A new study has revealed that a region of the Turpan-Hami Basin in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was an "oasis of life" for terrestrial plants during a catastrophic biological crisis that occurred on Earth about 252 million years ago.

2 days ago · NANJING -- A new study has revealed that a region of the Turpan-Hami Basin in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was an "oasis of life" for terrestrial plants during a catastrophic ...

4 days ago · A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most ...

1 day ago · Un estudio en Science Advances revela que ciertos ecosistemas en la cuenca de Turpan-Hami, China, sobrevivieron a la extinción masiva del Pérmico, eliminando así la idea de una aniquilación total.

Oct 1, 1999 · The Turpan Basin has a complex polycyclic sedimentary and tectonic history from Late Permian to late Tertiary time. Main stratigraphic boundaries are unconformities that bound tectonically induced sedimentary cycles.