Periodic mass extinctions and the Sun's oscillation about the galactic plane

Nature

Volumn 308, Issue 5961, 1984, Pages 712-713

  Schwartz, Richard D ^a   James, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 0005742654     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/308712a0     Document Type: Article

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