Energy, volatile production, and climatic effects of the Chicxulub Cretaceous/Tertiary impact

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E9, 1997, Pages 21645-21664

  Pope, Kevin O ^a   Baines, Kevin H ^b   Ocampo, Adriana C ^b   Ivanov, Boris A ^c,d  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Axialization; Cross sections; Cyclotron; FT ICR; FTMS; ICR; Magnetron; Multiple ionization; Noble gases; Penning; Quadrupole

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID RAIN; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEXICO; NASA CENTER JPL; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

NASA CENTER JPL; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACID RAIN; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROIDS; MEXICO; MINOR PLANETS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; SEAWATER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACIDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0031586366     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE01743     Document Type: Article

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