Late Cretaceous extinction patterns in Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-506

  Crame, J A ^a   Lomas, S A ^a   Pirrie, D ^b   Luther, A ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Belemnites; Extinction; Inoceramidae; K T boundary

Indexed keywords

BELEMNITE; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; INOCERAMID; PALAEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0030468277     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0503     Document Type: Article

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