' … wealth of information and ideas … anyone working on the Permo-Triassic mass extinction should always have a copy to hand.' Geoscientist

• 1. Permo-Triassic events in the eastern Tethys - an overview; 2. Permo-Triassic boundary relations in South China; 3. Permo-Triassic boundary of Indian subcontinent and intercontinental correlation; 4. Permo-Triassic boundary on the Indian peninsula; 5. The Permo-Triassic boundary in the southern and eastern USSR and its international correlation; 6. Classification and correlation of nonmarine Permian-Triassic boundary in China; 7. Permian and Triassic events in the continental domains of Mediterranean Europe; 8. The Permo-Triassic boundary in the Southern Alps (Italy) and in adjacent Periadriatic regions; 9. Permo-Triassic brachiopod successions and events in South China; 10. Conodont sequences in the Upper Permian and Lower Triassic of South China and the nature of conodont faunal changes at the systemic boundary; 11. A concordant-based high-resolution biostratigraphy for the Permo-Triassic boundary interval; 12. The palynofloral succession and palynological events in the Permo-Triassic boundary interval in Israel; 13. The effects of volcanism on the Permo-Triassic mass extinction in South China; 14. Geochemical constraints on the Permo-Triassic boundary event in South China; 15. Permo-Triassic orogenic, paleoclimatic, and eustatic events and their implications for biotic alteration; 16. Permo-Triassic boundary in Australia.

' … wealth of information and ideas … anyone working on the Permo-Triassic mass extinction should always have a copy to hand.' Geoscientist

• 1. Permo-Triassic events in the eastern Tethys - an overview; 2. Permo-Triassic boundary relations in South China; 3. Permo-Triassic boundary of Indian subcontinent and intercontinental correlation; 4. Permo-Triassic boundary on the Indian peninsula; 5. The Permo-Triassic boundary in the southern and eastern USSR and its international correlation; 6. Classification and correlation of nonmarine Permian-Triassic boundary in China; 7. Permian and Triassic events in the continental domains of Mediterranean Europe; 8. The Permo-Triassic boundary in the Southern Alps (Italy) and in adjacent Periadriatic regions; 9. Permo-Triassic brachiopod successions and events in South China; 10. Conodont sequences in the Upper Permian and Lower Triassic of South China and the nature of conodont faunal changes at the systemic boundary; 11. A concordant-based high-resolution biostratigraphy for the Permo-Triassic boundary interval; 12. The palynofloral succession and palynological events in the Permo-Triassic boundary interval in Israel; 13. The effects of volcanism on the Permo-Triassic mass extinction in South China; 14. Geochemical constraints on the Permo-Triassic boundary event in South China; 15. Permo-Triassic orogenic, paleoclimatic, and eustatic events and their implications for biotic alteration; 16. Permo-Triassic boundary in Australia.