Evidence for a late Triassic multiple impact event on Earth

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6672, 1998, Pages 171-173

  Spray, John G ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^b   Rowley, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; COMET; IMPACT EVENT; TRIASSIC;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032510564     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32397     Document Type: Article

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