Collisions with ice/volatile objects: Geological implications - A qualitative treatment

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 47-63

  Wilde, P ^a   Quinby Hunt, M S ^b  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolide; Geochemical event markers; Impacts; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ICE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER; SULFUR; WATER;

ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC RECORD; ICE-VOLATILE BODY; IMPACT; OCEAN;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PALEONTOLOGY; PH;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; COSMIC DUST; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE; METEOROIDS; MINOR PLANETS; NITROGEN; PALEONTOLOGY; SEAWATER; SULFUR; WATER;

EID: 0030793937     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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