Did the European dinosaurs disappear before the K-T event? Magnetostratigraphic evidence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 569-579

  Galbrun, Bruno ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Extinction; K T boundary; Magnetostratigraphy; Southern Europe; Terrestrial environment

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION;

FRANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0030797942     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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