The galactic theory of mass extinctions: An update

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 49-58

  Rampino, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet showers; Mass extinction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002649741     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008365913573     Document Type: Article

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