Abstract
The IGCP Project 216 is concerned with worldwide traceable exceptional changes ("events") within the biosphere. The principle objectives of this project, which needs interdisciplinary cooperation, are the following:
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Study of those abiotic (geologic) processes and events which cause global biological events (geological level);
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Reconstruction of the overall effect of global geologic events on the biosphere or parts of it (ecological level);
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Evaluation of the influence of global events on evolution and evolutionary mechanisms (evolutionary level);
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Refining of stratigraphical scales and of correlation methods by combination of biostratigraphy and event-stratigraphy (chronological level).
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Walliser, O.H. (1986). The IGCP Project 216 "Global biological events in earth history". In: Walliser, O.H. (eds) Global Bio-Events. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0010186
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