Annihilation of ecosystems by large asteroid impacts on the early Earth

Nature

Volumn 342, Issue 6246, 1989, Pages 139-142

  Sleep, Norman H ^a   Zahnle, Kevin J ^b   Kasting, James F ^c   Morowitz, Harold J ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID IMPACT; EARTH STERILIZATION; ECOSYSTEM ANNIHILATION; OCEAN EVAPORATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-30; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEA; TIME;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-30; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY;

EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; MINOR PLANETS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024857198     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/342139a0     Document Type: Article

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