Geological record and reconstruction of the late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid in the Southern Ocean

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6658, 1997, Pages 357-363

  Gersonde, R ^a   Kyte, F T ^b   Bleil, U ^c   Diekmann, B ^a   Flores, J A ^d   Gohl, K ^e   Grahl, G ^c   Hagen, R ^f   Kuhn, G ^a   Sierro, F J ^d   Volker D ^c   Abelmann, A ^a   Bostwick, J A ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TIME; TRAVEL;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DIATOMS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; IRIDIUM; MAGNETICS; MINOR PLANETS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTOZOA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0031469566     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37044     Document Type: Article

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