Multiple impact event in the paleozoic: Collision with a string of comets or asteroids?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Rampino, Michael R ^a,b   Volk, Tyler ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR SYSTEM;

GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT CRATERS; MISSISSIPPIANS; MULTIPLE IMPACT; PENNSYLVANIANS; RADIAL DEFORMATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ASTEROID; CARBONIFEROUS; COMET; IMPACT EVENT; PERMIAN;

USA, ILLINOIS; USA, KANSAS; USA, MISSOURI;

EID: 0029729872     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03605     Document Type: Article

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