Multiple factors in the origin of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: The role of environmental stress and Deccan Trap volcanism

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-210

  Glasby, G P ^a   Kunzendorf, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Deccan Traps; Environmental stress; Mass extinction

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM;

ANOXIA; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; MASS EXTINCTION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; INDIA; VOLCANO;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; INDIA; IRIDIUM; METEOROIDS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0030468965     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02422228     Document Type: Review

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