Impact production of CO2 by the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinction bolide and the resultant heating of the Earth

Nature

Volumn 338, Issue 6212, 1989, Pages 247-249

  O'Keefe, John D ^a   Ahrens, Thomas J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION BOLIDE; GREENHOUSE HEATING;

EID: 0024487573     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/338247a0     Document Type: Article

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